Just less than thirty minutes after Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu finished his remarks to the UN General Assembly, the Israeli military (IDF) announced major new airstrikes across southern Lebanon, which has included the most intense attacks to date on Beirut's southern suburbs.
Eyewitness say that shortly before 7pm local time, massive explosions rocked Beirut, shaking windows and with blasts felt for miles. Fox News' chief foreign correspondent is reporting that "Fox News has learned the target of the strike on Beirut was Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah."
Breaking reports say that Israeli jets have targeted and struck Hezbollah's main command headquarters.
Unconfirmed initial videos show a massive attack, with a black smoke cloud rising high into the early evening sky at dusk:
📌الآن ! pic.twitter.com/tgnHMRhQhd
— Mounir Younés/ منير يونس (@Mouniryouniss) September 27, 2024
It is highly unlikely that Nasrallah was at the location, as his whereabouts have long been the most tightly guarded secret of Hezbollah.
Oil is spiking on the news, given this represents peak escalation after a week of increasingly heavier fighting...
The airstrikes appear to be the most devastating and extensive to date on Beirut.
Wild Footage showing the Series of Israeli Airstrikes against the Hezbollah Command Bunker in Southern Beirut. pic.twitter.com/hVtQvd8H4K
— OSINTdefender (@sentdefender) September 27, 2024
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