Embattled Netanyahu buoyed by Hezbollah chief’s killing: analysts
The killing of Hezbollah chief Hassan Nasrallah The killing of Hezbollah chief Hassan Nasrallah is a major boost for embattled Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, who has faced huge protests at home and growing criticism from abroad, analysts said Saturday. Yet Israeli officials stressed their fight against the Lebanese militant group was not over, again […]
Justice or assassination: leaders react to Israel’s killing of Nasrallah
World leaders warned of potential repercussions World leaders warned of potential repercussions on Saturday after Lebanese militant group Hezbollah announced its longtime leader Hassan Nasrallah was killed in an Israeli air strike on a suburb of Beirut. The killing of the Iran-backed group’s chief has intensified fears of all-out war in the Middle East. US […]
Hezbollah confirms leader Hassan Nasrallah was killed in Israeli airstrike
Smoke billows from the site of an Israeli airstrike that targeted a neighborhood in Beirut’s southern suburb early on September 28, 2024. Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah Dead Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Saturday commended the killing of Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah and said his death would not be enough to end the proliferating conflict […]
In war-battered Gaza, Palestinians mourn death of Israel enemy Nasrallah
Palestinians mourned Saturday the death of Hezbollah chief Hassan Nasrallah in an Israeli strike, hailing the slain militant leader as a “rare” figure who backed his fierce rhetoric with determination to fight Israel. “the martyrdom” of Nasrallah Gaza City resident Khalil Youssef, 45, said that “the martyrdom” of Nasrallah, a powerful ally of Palestinian armed […]
Who was Hezbollah’s chief, Hassan Nasrallah?
Lebanon’s Hezbollah movement has been a powerful domestic and regional force, politically and militarily, but the group’s confirmation on Saturday of its leader’s killing marks an unprecedented blow. Hassan Nasrallah Born in 1960, Hassan Nasrallah was raised in the Lebanese neighbourhood of Bourj Hammoud in Beirut and became the key force in turning the Hezbollah […]
Hezbollah leader killed in Israeli attack, but Iran says his path will continue
Hezbollah chief Hassan Nasrallah has been killed, the Lebanese movement confirmed on Saturday, dealing a seismic blow to the Iran-backed group that has been engaged in a year of cross-border hostilities with Israel. Destabilize Lebanon Hezbollah’s statement confirms earlier announcements from Israel’s military that they had killed Nasrallah in an air strike on Beirut’s southern […]
What would Nasrallah’s death mean for Hezbollah?
While Nasrallah’s targeting is unlikely to disrupt the operational continuity of the movement it is “obviously a massive, massive demoralization amongst its ranks and supporters and absolute terror which will temporarily paralyze ordinary people” within the movement, said Amal Saad, a Hezbollah expert and lecturer in politics and international relations at Cardiff University in Wales. […]
US to ‘adjust’ force posture in Middle East after Israeli strikes in Beirut
President Joe Biden has directed the Pentagon to “assess and adjust as necessary U.S. force posture” in the Middle East, the White House said on Friday after Israeli strikes in Beirut that Israel said targeted Lebanese Hezbollah militants. WHY IT’S IMPORTANT Israeli strikes in Lebanon have killed hundreds in recent days and have raised fears […]
Israel ‘Destroys Hezbollah HQ’ in ‘Attack on Nasrallah’
Lebanon’s health ministry has confirmed that at least two people were killed, and 76 others injured, in a powerful Israeli airstrike on Dahieh, a Hezbollah stronghold in southern Beirut. The attack, which took place around 18:20 local time, caused multiple large blasts that echoed across the city, marking one of the most intense strikes in […]
Huge explosions rock Beirut: Hezbollah leader Nasrallah was target of Israeli strikes
Beirut: Israel conducted a wave of air strikes on the south of Lebanon’s capital Beirut on Friday that it said targeted Hezbollah’s headquarters, moments after Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu vowed to keep fighting the militant group. The strikes, heard across the Mediterranean city, sent huge clouds of smoke soaring above its densely populated southern suburbs, […]
