An Israeli airstrike targeting Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah in Beirut has killed at least 11 people and injured 108, according to the Lebanese Health Ministry. The U.S. says it had no prior knowledge of the strike and is seeking to prevent further escalation.
The attack targeting Nasrallah killed at least 11 people and injured 108, according to the Lebanese Health Ministry. The damage is extensive and the official death toll is likely to rise.The U.S.
This morning, military officials presented Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin with options for additional military support to the region, and he in turn discussed the current military posture and some options on the call with President Joe Biden and other national security leaders. No decisions were made on the White House call, the officials said, but Austin does have the authority to send forces to the region.
On the call, Biden, Harris and their team also reviewed the status of U.S. military units in the region and"continued diplomatic efforts to coordinate with allies and partners," the White House added.The Houthis said they fired a missile at Israel’s Ben Gurion Airport upon Netanyahu’s arrival today. "Please be aware that currently we are only able to assist U.S. citizens and their accompanying immediate family ," the state department's message read.
Netanyahu said that Nasrallah's killing will also send a message to Hamas leader Yahya Sinwar that"Hezbollah will no longer come to his rescue," potentially improving the chances of recovering hostages from Gaza. "What we found after over 11 months is that Nasrallah is persistent in tying himself — and the hijacked Lebanese state that he took over — to whatever’s going on in Gaza," the official said."He declined every diplomatic effort. He declined messages to stop connecting himself to Gaza. And he continued to fire at Israel, and in the past few weeks or months, even expanded the range and velocity of attacks against Israel.
But not all Lebanese civilians mourn Nasrallah’s death. Some see it as a chance to loosen Hezbollah’s grip on the country.The IDF said it killed senior Hezbollah official Hassan Khalil Yassin in a strike in Dahieh, a southern suburb of Beirut. Abdul Salam said Nasrallah's death won't weaken the group, but"rather, it will grant them greater strength to continue the path of resistance and jihad until the final victory."The Israel Defense Forces reported intercepting a missile launched from Yemen after sirens sounded in central Israel.
Israel has vowed to eliminate Hamas' leader Yahya Sinwar, who like Nasrallah has also remained in hiding. The head of Hamas' political bureau, Ismail Haniyeh, was assassinated in Tehran in July, in an attack belived to have been carried out by Israel.An Iran Revolutionary Guard general was killed in the same Israeli airstrike that killed Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah, according to Iranian state media, Mehr News.
"I think what Israel has done is it’s blown through any boundaries in terms of its willingness to accept risk and escalation," he said. "Israel’s assassination of Hassan Nasrallah is the climax of this total war that Netanyahu has promised Israelis will bring them 'total victory,'" he said."This has proved to be elusive in Gaza and will prove to be more so in Lebanon."
A large column of smoke also rose from the area —almost certainly an Israeli airstrike near where bunker buster bumbs are believed to have killed Nasrallah and other senior Hezbollah leaders.Hezbollah has confirmed that its leader Hassan Nasrallah was killed yesterday. Israel carried out the strike on Beirut on Friday.France’s foreign ministry said that according to its information Hezbollah leader Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah was indeed dead, after Israel said it had killed him a day earlier.
On Saturday morning, the Israeli military carried out several strikes in southern Beirut and eastern Lebanon’s Bekaa Valley, while Hezbollah launched dozens of projectiles across northern and central Israel and the Israel-occupied West Bank. In a post on X, the Israel Defense Forces said"Hassan Nasrallah will no longer be able to terrorize the world."Syria's Health Ministry dispatched a 20-ton convoy of medical aid to Lebanon this morning, delivered through the Jdeidet Yabous border crossing.
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