Lhe Israeli army announced Friday that it had carried out a strike on the “headquarters” of the Lebanese armed movement Hezbollah in the southern suburbs of Beirut.
The army “carried out a precise strike on the headquarters of the terrorist organization Hezbollah in Dahiyeh” (Arabic term for “suburb”), army spokesman Rear Admiral Daniel Hagari said in a televised statement.
The leader of Hezbollah, Hassan Nasrallah, was targeted, according to Israeli television. He is unhurt, a source close to the powerful pro-Iranian armed group told AFP.
“Sayed Nasrallah is fine,” said the source, who declined to be identified.
The official Lebanese press agency had already reported loud explosions heard in Beirut on Friday, indicating that a series of Israeli strikes had targeted the southern suburbs of the capital, a stronghold of Hezbollah.
Six buildings were completely destroyed, according to a source close to Hezbollah.
The explosions caused huge craters in several places, according to Hezbollah television channel Al-Manar. These were the most violent strikes on the southern suburbs of Beirut since the 2006 war between Hezbollah and Israel.
