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| DEAD: Hezbollah terror leader Hassan Nasrallah KILLED in massive missile blitz on chief's Beirut HQ |
| 2024-09-28 |
| [TheSun] The Israeli Defense Forces (IDF) announced that Friday's fighter jet blitz successfully eliminated the terror group's Secretary-General. They said: "Hassan Nasrallah will no longer be able to terrorize the world." And military spokesman Lieutenant Colonel Nadav Shoshani added: "Hassan Nasrallah is dead." Hezbollah also confirmed Nasrallah had been killed - and vowed to continue its fight against Israel. Ali Karki, the Commander of Hezbollah's Southern Front, is also believed to have been killed alongside Nasrallah in the strikes on Friday. Israel also claims to have wiped out several other Hezbollah officials including Muhammad Ali Ismail, the commander of Hezbollah's missile unit in southern Lebanon, in the blasts. His deputy and "other senior officials" were also taken out. Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu is believed to have personally signed off the attack after spies discovered Nasrallah was set to convene a meeting of his surviving leaders at his underground HQ. IDF Chief of Staff Lt. Gen. Herzi Halev said "a lot of preparation" was behind the attack. He said: "It was the right time, [we] did it in a very precise way." Before warning Israel was set to continue with their targeted assaults across the border. "This is not the end of our toolbox, we have to be very clear. We have more capacity going forward," Halev added. Iranian Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei - one of Nasrallah's closest allies - issued a chilling message to Israel after Israel's assassination claims. He did not mention Nasrallah - but slammed Israel for the massive blitz on Lebanon. Khamenei said Lebanon will make Israel "regret their actions" and blasted the "shortsighted and foolish" policies of Israeli leaders. He claimed Israel was "too small" to cause any damage to Hezbollah. It's feared Iran could respond by targeting Israel directly, sending weapons through Iraq and Syria to Lebanon or by sending fighters to Lebanon to shore up Hezbollah, Professor Fawaz Gerges from LSE said. The chair of contemporary Middle Eastern Studies said Israel has effectively "declared all-out war". He told Sky News: "Benjamin Netanyahu has declared all-out war against the entire axis of resistance – including Iran. "This is a decade-long war... Hezbollah will bide its time. "Israel has been trying to systematically destroy the leadership structure of Hezbollah – and there are hundreds of leaders who could replace him [Hassan Nasrallah]." Mr Gerges suggested Israel is "trying to soften that structure in preparation for a ground invasion". IDF military spokesperson Daniel Hagari said on Friday that a "precise strike" hit Hezbollah's "central headquarters" located underneath residential buildings in Dahiyeh. Huge 4,000lb laser and GPS-guided GBU-28 and 2,000lb Blu-109 bunker buster bombs are believed to have been deployed - burrowing up to 200ft below ground before exploding. Images of the Lebanese suburb shows a series of huge blasts with large mushroom clouds erupting into the sky last night. A source close to Hezbollah said the wave of strikes took out six buildings - including apartment blocks. Thousands were forced to flee their homes as the rockets closed in. Six people were killed along with another 91 wounded, according to preliminary data from Lebanon's health ministry. A second round of Israeli strikes hit the same area of Beirut later in the night. Pictures show smoking buildings early this morning following the successive blitzes. Hezbollah has already retaliated after they fired rockets on the Israeli city of Safed - but there are no reports of casualties. Iran’s supreme leader, Ayatollah Khamenei, is set to hold an emergency meeting of the Supreme National Security Council to respond to the Israeli attacks. Narallah's backers in Iran's embassy in Beirut said the latest massive strike on the Lebanese capital was a "dangerous, game-changing escalation". The embassy added the strike was a “war crime" which merits "appropriate punishment" . It comes as Israel continues to gear up for a huge ground offensive across the border and into Lebanon. The IDF have been making plans to activate two brigades consisting of up to 10,000 soldiers for "operational missions". This morning they announced three more battalions of reserve soldiers are also being readied up. Tanks and military trucks were also seen being transported towards the border as an escalation drew closer. IDF Chief of Staff Lt. Gen. Herzi Halevi already announced how his troops were planning to step up their attacks on Wednesday. He said the barrage of airstrikes in recent days had been a tactical ploy to help the soldiers once they crossed into Lebanon. Halevi said: "You can hear the planes above, we are attacking all day. "This is both to prepare the ground for your possible entry and to continue degrading Hezbollah." |
| Posted by:Anon1 |
| #5 Israel dropped 83 bunker busting 1-ton bombs against Nasrallah’s bunker. |
| Posted by: 3dc 2024-09-28 22:37 |
| #4 Anon1; Qatar's al-Thani began to infiltrate the USA long ago and really succeeded with the Clintons. We should close our base in Qatar that the Pentagon stupidly supported, and get the hell out of that country ASAP. |
| Posted by: S MAI 2024-09-28 17:07 |
| #3 Sam, play our song. |
| Posted by: Elmerert Hupens2660 2024-09-28 13:13 |
| #2 Too bad, so sad.......anyway in other news.... |
| Posted by: alanc 2024-09-28 10:37 |
| #1 Destroying the ideas of political Islamism is the only real fix. That said, I am happy they got him. GO ISRAEL! The enemy is the Muslim Brotherhood though and they are backed by Qatar. Qatar is biggest funder of US universities and owns al Jazeera. Lot of energy money. |
| Posted by: Anon1 2024-09-28 10:25 |