The Shiite leader would have been eliminated, the Israeli army announced Saturday morning, while his militia assured the day before that he had emerged unscathed from the strikes. “Contact” with Hassan Nasrallah has been “lost” since Friday evening, however, says a source close to Hezbollah.
The Israeli army intensely bombed the southern suburbs of Beirut, stronghold of the armed movement, during the night. At least six people died and 91 others were injured. According to Israeli media, this strike targeted the leader of Hezbollah. Several of the leaders of the Islamist movement, including Mohammed Ali Ismaïl, commander of Hezbollah’s missile unit in southern Lebanon, and his deputy, Hossein Ahmed Ismaïl, were among the dead.
Fifty children killed in two days
Hezbollah announced on Saturday that it had fired rockets into northern Israel and claimed in a statement to have targeted Kibbutz Kabri in response to the attacks. “barbarians” from Israel “on towns, villages and civilians” in Lebanon. The number of children killed or injured in Lebanon since the start of Israeli bombings this week reaches “a frightening rhythm”, UNICEF was alarmed on Friday. According to Lebanese authorities, fifty children were killed in the space of two days, Monday and Tuesday.
The Pentagon indicated that it had not been informed by Israel of this new attack. US Secretary of State Antony Blinken said there was still room for negotiation. A very hollow assertion, given that Israel obtained $8.7 billion in new aid from the United States to support its military efforts, the same day when many states at the UN called for a cease-fire. fire.
