“The Israel Defense Forces announced that it struck the main headquarters of Hezbollah in the Lebanese capital, Beirut. Source: The Times of Israel citing IDF spokesman Rear Admiral Daniel Hagari, AFP citing a source close to Hezbollah Details: According to an IDF spokesman, the headquarters was built under civilian buildings in the suburb of Dahiyeh, a known Hezbollah stronghold in Beirut.”, — write: www.pravda.com.ua
The Israel Defense Forces announced that it struck the main headquarters of Hezbollah in the Lebanese capital, Beirut.
Source: The Times of Israel citing IDF spokesman Rear Admiral Daniel Hagari, AFP citing a source close to Hezbollah
Details: According to an IDF spokesman, the headquarters was built under civilian buildings in the Dahiyeh suburb, a known Hezbollah stronghold in Beirut.
An IDF spokesman did not say whether Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah was the target of the attack or whether he was present at the site of the strike.
Footage published by Lebanese media shows that the strike was massive.
بالفيديو: the moment of targeting Al-Dahiyah بغارات كليد pic.twitter.com/N7Q8TAIBNI
— Hannah Lebanon (@thisislebnews) September 27, 2024
At the same time, the AFP agency, citing a source close to Hezbollah, reported that Nasrallah was “in order.”
Earlier, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said that Israel will continue to discuss proposals for a ceasefire in Lebanon in the coming days.
Prehistory:
- On September 17, hundreds of Hezbollah fighters in Beirut and other cities were injured when their pagers, which they used to communicate, exploded. Lebanon believes the pagers were hacked and remotely detonated by Israel. 12 people died, including members of the Hezbollah group. It is also known about more than 2,700 wounded.
- Citing a high-ranking informant in the Lebanese security agencies, Reuters reported that Israel’s Mossad intelligence service planted a small amount of explosives in 5,000 Taiwanese pagers ordered by the Lebanese group Hezbollah a few months before the explosions.
- On September 18, a series of explosions rang out again in Lebanon. Detonated wireless communication devices – portable radio receivers and walkie-talkies belonging to the Hezbollah group.
- On September 22, Israeli President Yitzhak Herzog denied the country’s involvement in the explosions of pagers and walkie-talkies in Lebanon.