A huge plume of smoke could be seen in a residential area of Beirut after another large strike.
Israel targeted Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah in a strike Friday on Beirut, according to a senior U.S. official. Nasrallah and some of his lieutenants were in Beirut making a quick visit when the strike took place, according to the official.
Israel let the U.S. know less than an hour before this strike that it was going to target Nasrallah, the official said.
It’s unclear whether the strike was successful.
A huge plume of smoke could be seen over a residential area of Beirut on Friday as Israel claimed it struck Hezbollah’s central headquarters in the city.
“Moments ago, the Israel Defense Forces carried out a precise strike on the central headquarter of the Hezbollah terror organization that served as an epicenter of Hezbollah’s terror”, the IDF said in a statement, before accusing Hezbollah of intentionally building the headquarters amid civilian infrastructure.
“Hezbollah’s central headquarter was intentionally built under residential buildings in the heart of the Dahia in Beirut as part of Hezbollah strategy of using Lebanese people as human shields”, the IDF said.
