The IDF targeted Hezbollah chief Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah in a strike on the terror organization's central headquarters in Beirut Friday evening, the IDF reported after witnesses in Beirut told Reuters they had heard multiple blasts and saw clouds of smoke rising from the city.
Israeli officials suspect that Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah was in the bunker targeted in the recent bombing, and anyone inside would struggle to survive such an attack, N12 reported.
About three hours before the strike, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu held consultations with Defense Minister Yoav Gallant and Chief of Staff Herzi Halevi. A security source told the Qatari newspaper Al-Araby Al-Jadeed that "the extent of the destruction in Dahieh is enormous. Lebanon has reinforced all ambulances and dispatched them to the scene."
Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araqchi accused Israel of using several US "bunker buster" bombs to strike Beirut on Friday.
Go to the full article >>Hezbollah's senior leadership was unreachable following Israel's strikes on Beirut's southern suburbs on Friday evening, a source close to the Lebanese armed group told Reuters.
Go to the full article >>President Joe Biden has directed the Pentagon to "assess and adjust as necessary US force posture" in the Middle East, the White House said on Friday after Israeli strikes in Beirut that Israel said targeted the Lebanese Hezbollah terrorist group.
Go to the full article >>Israel hopes it will not have to proceed with a ground invasion against Hezbollah in Lebanon, a senior Israeli official said on Friday after Israel attacked the group's central headquarters in Beirut's southern suburbs.
Go to the full article >>A vehicle was attacked in the city of Tyre in southern Lebanon, Israeli media reported, citing Lebanese reports.
Go to the full article >>Following a situational assessment by the Home Front Command and the Northern Command, new guidelines were given to communities in northern Israel, the Home Front Command announced on Friday evening.
The instructions include limiting movement within communities, avoiding large gatherings, controlling access to community gates, and remaining close to protected areas.
The Home Front Command listed the following communities where guidelines were implemented, which include Katzrin, Kidmat Zvi, Ortal, Sha'al, Ein Zivan, Ramat Trump, Kela Alon, Odem, Elrom, Merom Golan, Buq'ata, and communities in southern Golan, which include Ani'am, Ma'ale Gamla, Natur, Kanaf, and Ramot.
Go to the full article >>Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu didn’t flip-flop on his response to a joint US-French call or a 21-day ceasefire along the Israeli-Lebanese border, a senior diplomatic source told Israeli reporters during a briefing in New York.
“We never agreed to it,” the source said.
He was one of two senior sources who briefed reporters about what appeared to be a deep division between the Biden administration and Israel over the best path forward to push Hezbollah away from Israel’s northern border and out of Southern Lebanon.
Go to the full article >>Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu cut his trip to New York short and will leave for Friday night on the Sabbath, following the IDF strike on Beirut that targeted Hezbollah leader Hasan Nasrallah. The US had been notified shortly before the strike, an Israeli official said.
The Prime Minister's Office published a photograph of Netanyahu authorizing the strike on Hezbollah's central headquarters in Dahiyeh, Beirut, shortly before he addressed the high-level opening session of the 79th General Assembly.
He had initially been scheduled to arrive in New York on Tuesday but landed on Thursday morning instead due to the escalating situation in Lebanon, with a plan of returning on Saturday night after the Sabbath.
Go to the full article >>The Tel Aviv municipality on Friday evening issued an order to open public shelters following the strike on Hezbollah headquarters in Beirut.
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