On Saturday, September 28, the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) announced that they had killed Hassan Khalil Yassin, a senior commander in Hezbollah's intelligence division, in a targeted airstrike in the Dahieh district of Beirut.
Yassin was a key figure responsible for identifying both civilian and military targets in Israel. The IDF stated that he played a significant role in planning terror attacks during the ongoing conflict, with further plans aimed at Israeli civilians and soldiers.
This strike occurred amid heightened tensions between Israel and Hezbollah following the recent assassination of Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah. The IDF confirmed that Nasrallah was killed a day earlier during airstrikes targeting his underground headquarters, which was located beneath residential buildings in the southern suburbs of Beirut, a Hezbollah stronghold.
In response to Nasrallah's death, Lebanon launched an attack into Israeli territory, causing air raid sirens to go off in areas near Jerusalem. The IDF reported these incidents on X (formerly Twitter), indicating the increased hostilities.
The airstrikes and the deaths of key figures have escalated the conflict between Israel and Hezbollah. Protests erupted in Iran, where demonstrators displayed portraits of Nasrallah and called for "revenge" against Israel and the United States. In Lebanon, a three-day mourning period was declared following Nasrallah's assassination, and Iran requested an urgent UN Security Council meeting to address the escalating conflict.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu described Nasrallah's killing as a "historic turning point," asserting that Israel had "settled its account" with a leader responsible for numerous deaths of Israelis, Americans, and French citizens.
As violence continues, Lebanon’s health ministry reported that the Israeli airstrikes on Saturday resulted in 33 deaths and 195 injuries. Over the past two weeks, the conflict has claimed more than 1,000 lives, injured over 6,000, and displaced around one million people in Lebanon due to the ongoing Israeli strikes.
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