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The destiny of Hezbollah's person Hassan Nasrallah is chartless pursuing the Israeli Defense Forces' "targeted attack" against the cardinal office of Hezbollah successful Beirut, Lebanon.
Fox News has learned the people of the onslaught was Nasrallah, but Hezbollah has since claimed that helium is "fine and well" pursuing the strike.
"His Eminence the Secretary-General is good and good and was not successful the targeted location," Hezbollah Media Relations Officer Hajj Muhammad Afif said on Iranian television.
The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) has not provided an authoritative presumption update connected Nasrallah's whereabouts.
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Lebanon's Hezbollah person Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah gives a televised code astatine a memorial ceremonial to people 1 week since the passing of Mohammad Yaghi, 1 of the almighty equipped groups figures, successful Baalbek, Lebanon January 5, 2024. (REUTERS/Mohamed Azakir)
Elijah J. Magnier, a Brussels-based seasoned and a elder governmental hazard analyst, said that the group's mean signifier "is that they either privation him to beryllium successful a harmless place, and they are moving him, oregon helium is dead, and they privation to hold until they find his body."
An arch glorifying Hezbollah and baring pictures of its main Hassan Nasrallah (R) and Iran's spiritual person Ali Khamenei successful Beirut. (AP Photo/Bassam Masri)
On Friday night, the IDF announced that 2 of Hezbollah's leaders – Muhammad Ali Ismail and Hussein Ahmad Ismail – were killed successful the strike.
"Muhammad Ali Ismail, the Commander of Hezbollah’s Missile Unit successful confederate Lebanon, and his deputy, Hussein Ahmad Ismail, were eliminated successful a precise IAF strike," the IDF announced successful a X post.
The Israeli agency said that Ali Ismail was liable for "directing galore violent attacks" and "the firing of rockets towards Israeli territory and the motorboat of a surface-to-surface rocket towards cardinal Israel connected Wednesday."
The IDF's announcement of the elimination of the 2 violent leaders came aft Ibrahim Muhammad Qabisi, Head of Hezbollah's Missiles and Rockets Force, arsenic good arsenic different elder commanders of this unit, were antecedently killed.
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Deputy Pentagon Press Secretary Sabrina Singh antecedently said that the U.S. was not progressive successful this cognition and had nary beforehand warning.
"Minister [Yoav] Gallant spoke with Secretary Austin arsenic the cognition was already underway," Singh said. "This cognition has happened wrong the past fewer hours. We are inactive assessing the event."
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The Pentagon besides declined to speculate connected whether the Hezbollah person was inactive alive.
Fox News Digital's Michael Dorgan, Fox News' Trey Yingst and The Associated Press contributed to this report.
Sarah Rumpf-Whitten is simply a breaking quality writer for Fox News Digital and Fox Business.
Story tips and ideas tin beryllium sent to [email protected] and connected X: @s_rumpfwhitten.
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