THIS is the moment Israel launches an enormous strike on Beirut as they try to kill Hezbollah’s leader.
Footage shows a series of huge explosions bombing the terror group’s HQ with large mushroom clouds erupting into the sky.
Israel was trying to kill Hezbollah’s leader with the strikes
X @thisislebnewsReports say Nasrallah remains alive[/caption]
APSmoke rises over Beirut following the strikes[/caption]
AFPIsrael’s strikes turned the building to rubble[/caption]
Hezbollah’s base, hidden in a civilian area of the Lebanese capital, has been reduced to rubble and dozens are reported dead.
Israel announced it was trying to take out Hezbollah’s commander in the airstrikes.
Reports claim Hassan Nasrallah remains alive, but no official statement has been released by Hezbollah.
IDF Spokesman Rear Admiral Daniel Hagari said the HQ was “intentionally built under residential buildings… as part of Hezbollah’s strategy of using Lebanese people as human shields”.
Hagari said: “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.”
Search and rescue workers are now looking for survivors in the rubble with other buildings also damaged.
The strike comes after days on Israeli bombardment inside Lebanon as it seems poised to invade the country.
Israel has wiped out a number of top Hezbollah commanders in airstrikes, but Nasrallah remained outside of Israel’s grasp.
Just yesterday the terror group’s air force chief was killed in a blast.
AFPPeople and rescuers stand amid the rubble of the building[/caption]
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