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The devastating airstrike that killed Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah was the result of a years-long operation by Israeli intelligence that penetrated the terror leader’s entire network — allowing him to be tracked to his underground command center in Beirut. The Israeli military then used 80 tons of specially designed bunker-busting bombs to blast through the heavily fortified hideout on Friday and kill the slippery Nasrallah — who has survived multiple previous attempts to assassinate him. Nasrallah’s death was exactly what Israel had been hoping for when it launched a bombing campaign that day, the Financial Times reports. Unbeknownst to Nasrallah,...

Israel has confirmed that it eliminated Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah in a massive airstrike against the terror group’s headquarters in Beirut on Friday evening, along with a top commander for Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps. With Hamas in its death throes in Gaza and Hezbollah reeling in Lebanon, is Iran’s “Ring of Fire” strategy being smashed, even as the Yemen-based Houthis launch another missile at Israel today? And how will the Iranian regime react to these massive setbacks? Could we see a broader war? Watch now!

On Saturday’s “CNN This Morning,” IDF Spokesman Maj. Doron Spielman responded to frustration from the White House with Israel over ceasefires by stating that “for an entire year, Hezbollah has been firing rockets, over 9,000 rockets, missiles, and killer drones and no one talked about a ceasefire. Now that Israel’s actually taking the assertion to try to protect its civilians, we’re calling for a ceasefire.” And stated that “the world, instead of demanding [that Israel have] a ceasefire, should be demanding that Hezbollah pull out.” Co-host Jim Sciutto asked, “[A]mong U.S. officials, there are fears now of a wider conflict...

Thousands of Iraqi protesters are trying to storm the US Embassy in Baghdad, according to posts on social media, protesting Israel’s assassination of Hezbollah chief Hassan Nasrallah in Beirut yesterday. Videos show protesters clashing with security forces in riot gear. Hezbollah flags and photos of Nasrallah can be seen among the large crowd, along with flags of Iran-backed militias in Iraq known as the Popular Mobilization Force. VIDEO AT LINK............... Earlier, Iraq’s Prime Minister Mohammed Shia al-Sudani condemned the strike on Nasrallah as “a crime that shows the Zionist entity has crossed all the red lines.” In a statement, he...

Israel has taken the gloves off and sent in the exterminators, and the rats are running for cover. One of the rats is Iran's Supreme Leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, who has reportedly been moved to a "secure location" within Iran: Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei has been transferred to a secure location somewhere within the country, according to Reuters. The outlet reported that Iran is in “constant contact” with Lebanon’s Hezbollah and other proxy groups to determine next steps.Khamenei’s movement comes hours after he urged Muslims in the region “to stand by the people of Lebanon and the proud Hezbollah...

Abu Ali, 09/28/2024, 10:41 am.. Idlib, Syria. On the signs it says: Thank you Netanyahu. Now the head of the criminal Bashar Assad. Thank you Netanyahu. Warmed the hearts of Syrian children.

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Nobody tell Rashida Tlaib, OK? She's having a rough day already. While she mourns the death of former Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah in an Israeli airstrike on Hezbollah HQ, we're getting reports that Nasrallah's replacement has already been killed by the IDF. We hardly got to know Hasan Khalil Yassin. The IDF is on a roll. We're sorry all of Tlaib's friends are getting blown up, but we're glad to see Hezbollah get what it deserves.

Iran International English @IranIntl_En: Elon Musk has praised a community note on one of the posts on Iranian Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei's X account, as "hall-of-famer". Khamenei's account had called Hezbollah the "victor", but a community note provided context that "the entire Hezbollah leadership including Nasrallah has been eliminated" in an Israeli air strike. Hananya Naftali (Sep 8, 2024). The Supreme Leader of Iran, Khamenei, posted a few days ago "Hezbollah is the victor". Victor? I'm not sure. It took Israel just a few days to take out the entire leadership of Hezbollah. FB

On Friday, Israeli forces eliminated Hezbollah terrorist leader Hassan Nasrallah, together with Ali Karki, the Commander of Hezbollah’s Southern Front, and additional Hezbollah commanders. In the past 10 days, Israel has decimated the leadership of the Hezbollah terrorist organization in Lebanon. Nasrallah was the latest target of Israeli forces. Hezbollah and Nasrallah have been killing Americans and Jews for decades now. Tablet put together this graphic of their major operations. But not everyone is celebrating the death of this evil terrorist leader. The Western media praised the killer followoing his death – via Arsen Ostrovsky.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu addressed his nation on Saturday night, telling them that the killing of Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah was a victory for Israel and a warning to Iran. Netanyahu, speaking in Hebrew, said that Nasrallah was not just “a” terrorist, but “the” terrorist, responsible for the deaths not just of Israelis but also of many American and French citizens, among others.

President Joe Biden issued a statement on Saturday welcoming the death of Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah in an Israeli airstrike, but repeating his call for ceasefire deals in Gaza and Lebanon, despite Israel’s advance toward victory. The full text of Biden’s statement is as follows: Hassan Nasrallah and the terrorist group he led, Hezbollah, were responsible for killing hundreds of Americans over a four-decade reign of terror. His death from an Israeli airstrike is a measure of justice for his many victims, including thousands of Americans, Israelis, and Lebanese civilians.

MOSCOW, Russia — Russia strongly condemns Israel’s killing of Hezbollah leader Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah, its Foreign Ministry says, calling on Israel to stop hostilities in Lebanon. “This forceful action is fraught with even greater dramatic consequences for Lebanon and the entire Middle East,” the ministry says in a statement.

Russia strongly condemns Israel's killing of Hezbollah leader Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah in the Lebanese capital Beirut, the foreign ministry said on Saturday, calling it "yet another political assassination". "This forceful action is fraught with even greater dramatic consequences for Lebanon and the entire Middle East," the ministry said in a statement. "The Israeli side could not fail to recognise this danger, but took the step of killing Lebanese citizens, which would almost inevitably provoke a new outburst of violence. Thus, it bears full responsibility for the subsequent escalation."

Iran’s embassy in Lebanon says on X that the Israeli strike on Beirut’s southern suburbs targeting the headquarters of its proxy Hezbollah represents a dangerous game-changing escalation that will “bring its perpetrator an appropriate punishment.” “This reprehensible crime… represents a dangerous escalation that changes the rules of the game,” the Iranian embassy says.

Massive breaking news out of the Middle East is sending shockwaves around the world, as Israel blasts Hezbollah’s headquarters in the heart of Beirut, potentially killing the terror group’s notorious leader Hassan Nasrallah. What would his death mean for the Iranian regime’s ring of fire that encircles the Jewish State? Will we look back on this day as the prophetic moment that local conflicts turned into a full-scale regional war in the Middle East? Watch now.

The IDF has said it has eliminated Hezbollah Leader Hassan Nasrallah. This follows Israel’s strike on Beirut targeting Hezbollah leadership.

Breaking from multiple media outlets, Israel is saying it has killed Hezbollah Leader Hassan Nasrallah, first it was pagers, then walkie-talkies now the leader of Hezbollah has been killed, things are certainly heating up in that part of the world

Multiple Israeli news outlets are reporting that Israel was successful in taking out Hezbollah Secretary-General Hassan Nasrallah on Friday when they leveled Hezbollah's headquarters in Beirut, but at this time there has been no official confirmation.IDF spokesperson RAdm. Daniel Hagari issued a statement on the attack:“Moments ago, the Israel Defense Forces carried out a precise strike on the Central Headquarters of the Hezbollah terror organization…taking the necessary action to protect our people so that Israeli families can live in their homes, safely and securely.”Listen to IDF… pic.twitter.com/I4hbN7KkO8— Israel Defense Forces (@IDF) September 27, 2024An Israeli official confirmed to The Times...

The Israeli Air Force carried out massive targeted airstrikes in the Lebanese capital of Beirut on Friday evening, with the military saying it had struck Hezbollah’s main headquarters. An Israeli official confirmed to The Times of Israel that the strikes targeted Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah, who was believed to be at the command center at the time. “It’s very hard to imagine him coming out alive from a strike like that,” said the official, as multiple Hebrew media reports cited a growing Israeli assessment that Nasrallah was killed in the strike on the underground headquarters. The attack shook the Lebanese...