Friday 27 / September / 2024
The Israeli Defense Forces (IDF) said that they attacked the headquarters of the Hezbollah militant group in Beirut.
In an online statement, the IDF said Hezbollah's headquarters were located under residential buildings in the Dahiyeh neighborhood of Lebanon's capital, Beirut.Three Israeli television networks reported that Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah was the target of an Israeli airstrike on the Dahiyeh neighborhood in southern Beirut.
The Channel 12 broadcaster reported that the Israeli Defense Forces (IDF) were "checking whether [Nasrallah] was in the building in the heart of Dahiyeh."
Israeli public broadcaster Kan 11 and the Haaretz daily also reported that Nasrallah was the target.
AFP news agency cited an unnamed source close to Hezbollah as saying that Nasrallah was not harmed in the strike.
"Sayyed Nasrallah is fine," the source was cited by AFP as saying.
Iran's Tasnim agency also reported that Nasrallah was safe following the strike.
Reuters news agency cited an Iranian official as saying that Tehran was checking Nasrallah's status.
The reports on Nasrallah being the target and his condition following the strike were unconfirmed.
Israeli military spokesperson Daniel Hagari said that the Israeli Defense Forces (IDF) had carried out a "precise" strike targeting Hezbollah in the Lebanese capital, Beirut.
"The IDF carried out a precise strike on the central headquarters of the terrorist organization Hezbollah in Dahiyeh," Hagari said in a televised statement.
He claimed that the facility "served as the epicenter of Hezbollah's terror."
Hagari said Hezbollah had positioned its base to be "located under residential buildings in the heart of Dahiyeh in Beirut."
"We will continue degrading Hezbollah until all our objectives are met," he said.
