2024 Hezbollah headquarters strike

Israeli airstrike in Beirut, Lebanon on 27 Sept. 2024

On 27 September 2024, Hassan Nasrallah, the secretary-general of Hezbollah, was assassinated in an Israeli airstrike in Beirut.[1][2] The strike took place while Hezbollah leaders were meeting at a headquarters located underground residential buildings in Haret Hreik in the Dahieh suburb to the south of Beirut. The attacks were done by the Israeli Air Force using F-15I fighters.[3] The operation involved dropping more than 80 bombs, including US-made 2,000-pound (910 kg) bombs. These destroyed the underground headquarters as well as nearby buildings.[4][5]

A Israeli jet taking off for the planned assassination of Nasrallah
Nasrallah in 2005

On 28 September 2024, the IDF announced his death;[6][7] his body was found from the rubble two days after the strike.[8] His death was confirmed by Hezbollah on the same day.[9] The attack resulted in at least 33 fatalities and more than 195 injuries, including civilians.[10]

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