The destiny of Hezbollah’s chief Hassan Nasrallah is unknown following the Israeli Protection Forces’ “focused assault” in opposition to the central headquarters of Hezbollah in Beirut, Lebanon.
Fox Information has realized the goal of the assault was Nasrallah, however Hezbollah has since claimed that he’s “nice and nicely” following the strike.
“His Eminence the Secretary-Common is okay and nicely and was not within the focused location,” Hezbollah Media Relations Officer Hajj Muhammad Afif stated on Iranian tv.
The Israel Protection Forces (IDF) has not supplied an official standing replace on Nasrallah’s whereabouts.
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Lebanon’s Hezbollah chief Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah provides a televised handle at a memorial ceremony to mark one week because the passing of Mohammad Yaghi, one of many highly effective armed teams figures, in Baalbek, Lebanon January 5, 2024. (REUTERS/Mohamed Azakir)
Elijah J. Magnier, a Brussels-based veteran and a senior political danger analyst, stated that the group’s regular follow “is that they both need him to be in a protected place, and they’re shifting him, or he’s useless, they usually wish to wait till they discover his physique.”
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An arch glorifying Hezbollah and baring photos of its chief Hassan Nasrallah (R) and Iran’s non secular chief Ali Khamenei in Beirut. (AP Photograph/Bassam Masri)
On Friday evening, the IDF introduced that two of Hezbollah’s leaders – Muhammad Ali Ismail and Hussein Ahmad Ismail – have been killed within the strike.
“Muhammad Ali Ismail, the Commander of Hezbollah’s Missile Unit in southern Lebanon, and his deputy, Hussein Ahmad Ismail, have been eradicated in a exact IAF strike,” the IDF introduced in a X put up.
The Israeli company stated that Ali Ismail was chargeable for “directing quite a few terrorist assaults” and “the firing of rockets in the direction of Israeli territory and the launch of a surface-to-surface missile in the direction of central Israel on Wednesday.”
The IDF’s announcement of the elimination of the 2 terrorist leaders got here after Ibrahim Muhammad Qabisi, Head of Hezbollah’s Missiles and Rockets Drive, in addition to different senior commanders of this unit, have been beforehand killed.
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Deputy Pentagon Press Secretary Sabrina Singh beforehand stated that the U.S. was not concerned on this operation and had no advance warning.
“Minister [Yoav] Gallant spoke with Secretary Austin because the operation was already underway,” Singh stated. “This operation has occurred inside the previous couple of hours. We’re nonetheless assessing the occasion.”
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The Pentagon additionally declined to invest on whether or not the Hezbollah chief was nonetheless alive.
Fox Information Digital’s Michael Dorgan, Fox Information’ Trey Yingst and The Related Press contributed to this report.
