Hassan Nasrallah Dead - Celebrations in the Lebanese Streets
Unnamed Israeli authorities claim that Hezbollah commander Hassan Nasrallah was killed in Friday's targeted IDF airstrikes on the Iranian-backed organization's central offices in Beirut. “Hard to believe he [Nasrallah] got out of it alive,” an Israeli official told The Jerusalem Post, adding that the Hezbollah chief had been one of the targets of the deadly IDF airstrikes on Friday.
According to the Israeli publication, prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu gave his approval for the strike before to his speech to the UN General assembly in New York. The capital of lebanon was shaken by a major Israeli bombardment on friday that sent thick clouds of smoke billowing over the city and is said to have killed 300 people. According to The Times of israel, this is the worst attack on Beirut in over a year of continuing hostilities between israel and Hezbollah. IDF Spokesperson R.-Adm. Daniel Hagari stated that they were investigating Nasrallah's situation and would provide an update shortly following the Beirut strike.
"We employed an extremely accurate attack to take out Hezbollah chief Hassan Nasrallah, who was holed up in residential buildings in Beirut's Dahiya neighborhood." He responded, "Once we've finished investigating, we will update you on the details," when asked if any additional people had died.
The supreme National Security Council of iran convened in an emergency session at the residence of Ayatollah ali Khamenei, the country's supreme leader, on friday, according to a report by The New York Times. The article cited two Iranian officials who were aware of the meeting. As a "flagrant war crime" that "has revealed once again the nature of this regime's state terrorism," President Masoud Pezeshkian strongly denounced the strikes.