Israel conducts strike in Beirut targeting Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah

Hezbollah chief Hassan Nasrallah was the target of a massive Israeli air strike in a Beirut suburb on Friday (September 27, 2024), leading Israeli television networks reported. The airstrikes followed soon after Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu addressed the U.N. General Assembly.

The heavily populated Dahiyeh district is renowned as a bastion for Hezbollah, and the Israeli Defence Forces (IDF) have stated that they are targeting the organization's central command hub there.

"The IDF (military) carried out a precise strike on the central headquarters of the terrorist organisation Hezbollah in Dahiyeh," military spokesman Daniel Hagari said in a televised statement.

Lebanon’s state-run National News Agency said six buildings were “levelled to the ground” by the strikes.

According to Israel's three main TV outlets, Hassan Nasrallah, the leader of Hezbollah, was the target of the heavy strikes in Beirut. Regarding the rumours that Nasrallah was the target, the Israeli army remained silent. However, the Associated Press stated that there were clear signs that a high-value target was inside the building at the time of the explosion given its magnitude and timing.