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The Guardian

Middle East crisis live: fate of Hezbollah leader remains unclear as Israel steps up attacks on Lebanon



Witnesses hear more than 20 airstrikes before dawn on Saturday in southern Beirut a day after Israel launched attack apparently targeting Hezbollah leaderNumerous reports have said that Hezbollah’s long-time leader Hassan Nasrallah was the target of Israel’s strikes on a southern suburb of the Lebanese capital, Beirut, on Friday evening. There has been no official confirmation of whether Nasrallah was killed in the strikes or not.The Israeli Defense Forces said the military carried out a “very accurate” strike on Hezbollah headquarters, but did not mention Nasrallah’s name. Media outlets quoted Hezbollah sources as saying he was “alive and well” but the Iran-backed militant group haven’t yet made an official statement.The Syrian Arab republic strongly condemns all these continuous crimes, and renews its affirmation that the Israeli terrorist entity’s insistence on shedding blood and committing all kinds of war crimes and crimes against humanity that are blasphemy, will lead the region to a dangerous acceleration that is impossible to predict its consequences. Continue reading…



Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/world/live/2024/sep/28/middle-east-crisis-live-israel-steps-up-attacks-on-hezbollah-targets-in-lebanon-amid-rising-fears-of-wider-war

Author : Yohannes Lowe (now) and Adam Fulton (earlier)

Publish date : 2024-09-28 09:44:47

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