Israel targets Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah in strike on Beirut: Senior US official

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******* targets Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah in strike on Beirut: Senior US official

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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.

******* 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.

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PHOTO: Rescuers check the destruction following an overnight ******** airstrike in the southern Lebanese village of Shebaa near along the border between the two countries, Sept. 27, 2024. (Rabih Daher/AFP via Getty Images)

A huge plume of smoke could be seen over a residential area of Beirut on Friday as *******

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Hezbollah’s central headquarters in the city.

“Moments ago, the ******* Defense Forces carried out a precise strike on the central headquarter of the Hezbollah ******* organization that served as an epicenter of Hezbollah’s *******,” 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.

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PHOTO: Lebanese army soldiers gather over the rubble of a levelled buildings as people flight the flames, following ******** air strikes in the Haret Hreik neighborhood of Beirut’s southern suburbs, Sept. 27, 2024. (Ibrahim Amro/AFP via Getty Images)

Exchanges continued between ******* and Lebanon on Thursday. More than 700 people have been ******* in ******** strikes on Lebanon since Monday, according to Lebanese officials.

More than 118,000 people have been displaced in Lebanon since Monday, according to the ******* Nations

“The relentless airstrikes have pushed tens of thousands from the South, southern suburbs of Beirut and the Bekaa to safer locations in Beirut, Mount Lebanon, and the North,” the ******* Nations said in a statement Friday. “Movements peaked on both Monday and Tuesday, creating congestion and chaos. They have continued more gradually as many people are still looking for homes and shelter.”

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PHOTO: Smoke rises above Beirut’s southern suburbs during an ******** strike on Sept. 27, 2024. (Emilie Madi/Reuters)

A missile was fired into a Beirut neighborhood on Thursday, according to video released by the ******** military. The strike, which hit a southern Beirut suburb, ******* the head of one of Hezbollah’s air force units, Mohammad Surur, according to the military.

Separately, at least 19 people were injured after a missile from Yemen’s Iran-backed Houthi rebels was intercepted over central ******* late Thursday, according to ******** authorities.

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, Netanyahu sought to rally international support as ******** officials say they are planning for a potential ground invasion into Lebanon.

French President Emmanuel Macron called the number of civilian victims of ******** strikes in recent days “absolutely shocking” and called on both ******* and Hezbollah to stop attacks across the border.

France is “opposed to Lebanon becoming Gaza again,” Macron said.

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PHOTO: Smoke rises above Beirut’s southern suburbs during an ******** strike on Sept. 27, 2024. (AFP via Getty Images)

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PHOTO: A man checks the destruction following an overnight ******** airstrike in the southern Lebanese village of Shebaa near along the border between the two countries, Sept. 27, 2024. (Rabih Daher/AFP via Getty Images)

Reacting to Netanyahu’s comments Thursday, in which the ******** prime minister signaled he was unwilling to agree to a cease-*****, Macron said he thought those remarks were not definitive.

“We will continue our contact and close coordination with our ********* partners, all our mobilized partners, including Canada, and by communicating with the Israelis ourselves, we will do everything to ensure that this proposal is accepted,” Macron said.

Speaking Thursday at the ******* Nations General Assembly in New York, Lebanese Foreign Minister Abdallah Bou Habib renewed calls for a cease-***** in Lebanon amid concerns ******* is preparing for a ground invasion.

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