https://www.timesofisrael.com/liveblog-september-27-2024/




An image grab taken from Hezbollah's Al-Manar TV shows the Lebanese terror group's chief Hassan Nasrallah addressing the nation from an undisclosed location on September 19, 2024. (Al-Manar/AFP)


Israeli official confirms to ToI that strike targeted Lebanese terror chief: ‘Very hard to imagine him coming out alive’


Israeli official confirms strike targeted Nasrallah, tells ToI: ‘Very hard to imagine him coming out alive’
By Lazar Berman



An Israeli official confirms to The Times of Israel that today’s strike on Beirut targeted Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah.

“It’s very hard to imagine him coming out alive from a strike like that,” says the official.

The official’s comments came as Hebrew media reports cite a growing Israeli assessment that Nasrallah was killed in the strike on Hezbollah’s underground headquarters.

https://www.reuters.com/world/middle-east/israeli-airstrikes-rock-beirut-hezboll...

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BEIRUT/JERUSALEM, Sept 28 (Reuters) - A wave of air raids hit Beirut's southern suburbs early on Saturday as Israel stepped up attacks on Hezbollah, after a massive strike on the Iran-backed movement's command centre that apparently targeted leader Hassan Nasrallah.
Reuters witnesses heard more than 20 airstrikes before dawn on Saturday. Abandoning their homes in the southern suburbs, thousands of Lebanese congregated in squares, parks and sidewalks in downtown Beirut and seaside areas.
"They want to destroy Dahiye, they want to destroy all of us," said Sari, a man in his 30s who gave only his first name, referring to the suburb he had fled after an Israeli evacuation order. Nearby, the newly displaced in Beirut's Martyrs Square rolled mats onto the ground to tried to sleep.
An unprecedented five hours of continuous strikes early on Saturday followed Friday's attack, by far the most powerful by Israel on Beirut during nearly a year of war with Hezbollah. It marked a sharp escalation of a conflict that has involved daily missile and rocket fire between the two sides.
The latest escalation has sharply increased fears the conflict could spiral out of control, potentially drawing in Iran, Hezbollah's principal backer, as well as the United States.
There was no immediate confirmation of Nasrallah's fate after Friday's heavy strikes, but a source close to Hezbollah told Reuters he was not reachable. The Lebanese armed group has not made a statement.
Israel has not said whether it tried to hit Nasrallah, but a senior Israeli official said top Hezbollah commanders were targeted.
"I think it's too early to say... Sometimes they hide the fact when we succeed," the Israeli official told reporters when asked if the strike on Friday had killed Nasrallah.
Earlier, a source close to Hezbollah told Reuters that Nasrallah was alive. Iran's Tasnim news agency also reported he was safe. A senior Iranian security official told Reuters that Tehran was checking his status.
The Israeli military said in a statement that it had killed the commander of Hezbollah's missile unit, Muhammad Ali Ismail, and his deputy Hossein Ahmed Ismail.

chimera wrote on Sep 28^th, 2024 at 12:28pm:



Trump is our saviour not me.

Only he can save us all from dying in WW3.

Bobby. wrote on Sep 28^th, 2024 at 12:32pm:


Trump's policy on transgender for kids is solid - NO!!

When the media stop showing him like a buffoon, and show him in full flight on a real issue - he comes across very differently - not short grab sentences ('they're eating the dogs.............) - he just says it straight out and in one piece.

Kamala relies on laughing at him as the media attempts to portray him.... I reckon he'll win over her lack of true depth.

Beirut?  Good place to start.  Headline "Netanyahu defies call for ceasefire!"  ... totally wrong from the media - and deliberately so, so as to be anti-Jew and anti-Israel ... he stated clearly that Israel would not permit an unfair ceasefire that will benefit those who attacked Israel... as is his duty to his nation.

N.B - for dividie to chew on a bit - France has troops in Lebanon serving with the UN... not changing one thing or stopping one rocket - and staying away from the firing points.... let them sort it out... pick up the pieces... don't put your troops in harm's way unnecessarily.

https://edition.cnn.com/world/live-news/israel-lebanon-war-hezbollah-09-28-24/in...

Here’s what we know so far:

    Where: Strikes hit parts of Beirut, including the southern suburb of Dahiyeh, a densely populated area with a strong Hezbollah presence, and where many of the group’s leadership is based. Israel later launched further strikes on southern Beirut, targeting what it said were stores of Hezbollah weapons. The militant group denied its arms were being stored in civilian buildings targeted by the strikes.

    Main target: Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah was the target of Israel’s strikes Friday, an Israeli official told CNN. Israel is working to verify whether he was killed, with a senior Israeli official saying it’s “too early to say” if Nasrallah is dead. Multiple Hezbollah commanders and operatives were killed in the strikes Friday, the Israeli military said.

    Impact: At least six people were killed and 91 injured in the initial attack Friday, the Lebanese Ministry of Health said, as thousands of displaced residents fled their homes. Six buildings were destroyed, state news agency NNA reported. Video from the immediate aftermath of the attack showed a massive crater that dwarfed rescuers navigating the rubble. The area hit appeared to be considerably larger than previous Israeli strikes on Beirut.
    Weapons used: Images of the aftermath suggest 2,000-pound bombs were used in the strikes, a former US Army explosive ordnance disposal expert told CNN. “With the level of damage, it is hard to determine the exact munitions and amount, but likely multiple 2,000-pound bombs, Mk 84s, MPR-2000, or BLU-109 “bunker busters,” or a combination of them,” specialist Trevor Ball said.

    What Lebanon says: Prime Minister Najib Mikati has urged the international community to help stop what he called Israeli “tyranny,” state news agency NNA reported Friday. “The new aggression proves that the Israeli enemy does not care about international efforts and calls for a ceasefire,” Mikati said.

    Netanyahu’s movements: The Israeli Prime Minister’s Office shared an image of Benjamin Netanyahu approving strikes on Beirut. He is returning to Israel a day early from the UN General Assembly in New York, where he made a combative speech Friday.

    Iran’s response: The Iranian embassy in Beirut said the Israeli attack Friday “changes the rules of the game.” It also warned that for what Iran’s president described as a “flagrant war crime.”

    US frustrated: Israel told the US it was taking military action only moments before the attacks — once the operation was already underway, one US official said. President Joe Biden later told reporters the US had “no knowledge of or participation in” the strikes. Top US officials were already furious this week after Netanyahu threw cold water on a Washington-backed ceasefire proposal for Israel and Hezbollah, sources told CNN.

Grappler Truth Teller Feller wrote on Sep 28^th, 2024 at 6:32pm:



Probably no one knows - perhaps he's buried under 100s of tons of concrete and steel mesh?

Israel didn't just guess that Nasrallah was in the bunker. Israel knew he was. Just like they knew Ismail Haniyeh was in the apartment, down to the room he was staying in.

Hezbollah, the IRGC, they leak worse than a sieve. It won't be long until the next leaders are dealt with.

Obviously there are people in Iran who hate the Iranian regime and those in Lebanon who hate Hezbollah.