Lebanon: Lebanon’s Hezbollah team confirmed on Saturday that its main and one of its members, Hassan Nasrallah, was killed in an Israeli attack in Beirut the preceding evening. In a statement released on Saturday, Nasrallah claimed that he “has joined his brother saints” and that the organization would continue to wage” the holy war against the opponent and to support Palestine.”
Hezbollah leaders met at their headquarters in Dahiyeh, north of Beirut, on Friday, according to the Jewish military, which carried out a exact airstrike. Nasrallah, who led Hezbollah for more than three decades, is by far the most effective goal to be murdered by Israel in weeks of intensive fighting with Hezbollah.
Six people were killed and 91 were hurt in the Beirut attacks on Friday, according to the Syrian health ministry, which leveled six apartment complexes. Ali Karki, the captain of Hezbollah’s Southern Front, and more Hezbollah officers were even killed in the attack, the Israeli government said. A prominent member of Iran’s military Revolutionary Guard died in the strike, according to Iran. Abbas Nilforushan, 58, was killed Friday in Lebanon, Iran’s state-run IRNA news agency reported.
Israel’s chief of staff, Lt Gen Herzi Halevi, said Saturday that the abolition of Hezbollah secretarygeneral Hassan Nasrallah was” never the close of our toolbox”, indicating that more attacks were planned. Any threat to Israel’s people, we will know how to approach them, according to chief of staff Herzi Halevi in a statement. Lt Col Nadav Shoshani, an Zionist military spokesperson, said the attack was based on years of tracking Nasrallah along with “real time knowledge” that made it worthwhile. Simply mentioning that Israel takes measures to avoid residents whenever possible and clears hits ahead of time with knowledge and legal professionals, Hoshani did not specify what munitions were used in the reach or provide an estimate on human deaths.
Reacting to Nasrallah’s shooting, Israel ambassador in India director Guy Nir has warned that those who threaten Israeli citizens will get found and eliminated, adding, Israel is prepared for countless scenarios.
Hamas: Opposition to go on
Hamas, a militant group in Palestine, condoled its alliance Hezbollah in a speech. Nasrallah often referred to the Hamas and Palestinians in Gaza as” support fronts” when they launch missiles against north Israel. ” Record has proven that the weight… whenever its rulers die as saints, may be succeeded on the same way by a generation of leaders who are more brave, stronger and more determined to continue the clash”, the Hamas said.
Assassinations will only increase the determination and resolve of the opposition in Lebanon and Palestine, according to the statement. What impact the strike would have on Hezbollah or the fight between the sides was not immediately known.
Israel to step up attacks
Israel has pledged to raise its military might against Hezbollah until it stops its attacks, which have forced nearly 60, 000 Israelis from communities close to the Lebanese border. More than 200, 000 Lebanese have also been displaced by the recent fighting, according to the United Nations, in the past week.
As tensions escalate with Lebanon, the military announced that it was mobilizing additional reserve soldiers, and that it was also activating three battalions of reserve soldiers to serve across the nation. The call comes after it earlier earlier this week sent two brigades to northern Israel to prepare for a potential ground invasion.
Shoshani, the army spokesperson, said that Israel has inflicted heavy damage on Hezbollah’s capabilities over the past week by targeting a combination of immediate threats and strategic weapons, such as larger, guided missiles. He claimed that Israel would continue to target Hezbollah and that the majority of its weapons were still present. ” We hope this will change Hezbollah’s actions”, he said.
140 airstrikes on Beirut
On Saturday, the Israel carried out more than 140 airstrikes in southern Beirut and eastern Lebanon’s Bekaa Valley, including targeting a storage facility for anti-ship missiles in Beirut suburb of Dahiyeh. In the northern town of Safed, where dozens of projectiles were launched from, deep into the Israel-occupied West Bank, and across northern and central Israel, causing damage to some buildings.