The Israeli Army announced this Saturday that the head of the Lebanese group Hezbollah, Hasan Nasrallah, He died this Friday in the Israeli bombing against the movement’s headquarters in the southern suburbs of Beirut.
“Hasan Nasrallah is dead,” the military spokesperson for the international press, Nadav Shoshani, announced on X, formerly Twitter, after a night of speculation after the Shiite leader showed no signs of life.. “Hasan Nasrallah will no longer be able to terrorize the world,” The IDF has also written on the same social network.
Later, in a more detailed military statement, the Army confirmed the death of Nasrallah along with other Hezbollah commanders, including Ali Karki, commander of the Shiite group’s Southern Front. This was located in the organization’s underground headquartersin the southern suburbs in Beirut known as Dahye, when it was bombed.
“The attack was carried out while Hezbollah’s senior chain of command operated from headquarters and promoted terrorist activities against the citizens of the State of Israel,” the text says, without providing evidence.
In previous targeted assassinations, Israel killed Hezbollah commander Fuad Shukr in another bombing in Beirut on July 30, the highest ranking military leader and close advisor to Nasrallah. A few hours later, the leader of Hamas, Ismail Haniyeh, the early morning of July 31.
“The message is simple: anyone who threatens the citizens of Israel, we will know how to reach them: in the north, in the south and in places further away,” For his part, the Chief of the Army Staff, Herzi Halevi, said after Nasrallah’s death was confirmed. According to him, the attack had been planned for a long time and came “at the right time.”
