Fate of Hezbollah chief unknown after he was targeted in Israeli strike, 2 Hezbollah leaders killed

The destiny of Hezbollah’s leader Hassan Nasrallah is unknown following the Israeli Protection Forces’ “focused attack” against the central headquarters of Hezbollah in Beirut, Lebanon.

Fox Recordsdata has realized the target of the attack became once Nasrallah, nonetheless Hezbollah has since claimed that he’s “gorgeous and effectively” following the strike.

“His Eminence the Secretary-Typical is okay and effectively and became once no longer in the focused plot,” Hezbollah Media Members of the family Officer Hajj Muhammad Afif mentioned on Iranian tv.

The Israel Protection Forces (IDF) has no longer supplied an legitimate predicament replace on Nasrallah’s whereabouts.

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Elijah J. Magnier, a Brussels-based mostly mostly stale and a senior political chance analyst, mentioned that the community’s customary apply “is that they either want him to be in a salvage predicament, and they’re transferring him, or he’s needless, and they want to wait until they salvage his body.”

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On Friday night, the IDF announced that two of Hezbollah’s leaders – Muhammad Ali Ismail and Hussein Ahmad Ismail – occupy been killed in the strike.

“Muhammad Ali Ismail, the Commander of Hezbollah’s Missile Unit in southern Lebanon, and his deputy, Hussein Ahmad Ismail, occupy been eliminated in a proper IAF strike,” the IDF announced in a X submit.

The Israeli company mentioned that Ali Ismail became once accountable for “directing a immense series of terrorist assaults” and “the firing of rockets against Israeli territory and the initiating of a surface-to-surface missile against central Israel on Wednesday.”

The IDF’s announcement of the elimination of the two terrorist leaders came after Ibrahim Muhammad Qabisi, Head of Hezbollah’s Missiles and Rockets Pressure, apart from various senior commanders of this unit, occupy been beforehand killed.

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Deputy Pentagon Press Secretary Sabrina Singh beforehand mentioned that the U.S. became once no longer serious about this operation and had no near warning.

“Minister [Yoav] Plucky spoke with Secretary Austin because the operation became once already underway,” Singh mentioned. “This operation has took place at some level of the last few hours. We are calm assessing the tournament.”

The Pentagon also declined to make investments on whether or no longer the Hezbollah leader became once calm alive.

Fox Recordsdata Digital’s Michael Dorgan, Fox Recordsdata’ Trey Yingst and The Connected Press contributed to this account.