The attack carried out this Friday in the suburbs of Beirut had a clear objective: to end the life of the top leader of Hezbollah, Hasan Nasrallah. staunch enemy of Israel and, therefore, one of the most prominent faces within the axis led by Iran, Nasrallah had specifically more than 30 years at the head of the organization and, precisely due to his position, he did not use a mobile phone and since 2006 his location was secret.
His speeches and interventions, thus, They were almost all televisedwith very few public appearances. Despite this, Israeli intelligence had managed identify your exact position. As the Israeli Air Force has shown on its X account, formerly Twitter, the organization’s top leader He was in an underground Hezbollah headquarters which was located in the southern suburbs of Beirut known as Dahye.
That area, as the Israeli forces have illustrated, was located right in a residential area, hidden under civil buildings and located just 53 meters from a school international of the United Nations. Likewise, just 123 meters away there was another school center with similar characteristics.
“This unequivocally shows that Hezbollah is hiding among civilians, putting endangering the lives of the people of Lebanon,” expresses the text that they have published from the Israeli Air Force. Thus, it is worth remembering that Israel sent several notices to that citizens evacuated precisely several areas of Beirut in the last week, especially those controlled by Hezbollah.
Murder of twenty members
The bombing, authorized by Israel’s prime minister, Benjamin Netanyahuthis same Friday morning from New York and before participating in the UN General Assembly, he finally had more than 80 anti-bunker bombs and destroyed six buildings. In addition to the leader of the Lebanese Shiite group, the Israeli Army has confirmed that He also killed more than twenty members of the political group, although the figures on civilian deaths are still unknown.
The Israeli authorities have thus confirmed the death of the head of security unit of Nasrallah, Ibrahim Hussein Jazini, of his advisor, Samir Tawfiq Dib, of the head of force strengthening of Hezbollah, Abed al Amir Muhamad Sablini, and the person responsible for coordinating attacks, Ali Naaf Ayoub.
Including Nasrallah, Israel has also confirmed the deaths of at least eight top military commanders who make up the Lebanese militia and who were also in the facilities, such as Ali Karaki or Nabil Qaouk. In light of these deaths, the Israeli Army has celebrated having put an end to the group’s military leadership, but insists that there is still work to do so that Israelis displaced from the north can return to their homes.
Since Israel and the Lebanese Shiite group began their clashes on the border on October 8, after the start of the Gaza war, Nearly 500 Hezbollah members have been killed. In addition, thousands have been injured, especially after explosions in a large number of pagers and walkie talkies just a week ago.
