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The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) carried out a pinpoint airstrike on the main headquarters of Lebanese Shia movement Hezbollah in Beirut, which is located under residential buildings in the center of the Dahiyeh neighborhood, Israel Defense Forces spokesman Daniel Hagari said on Friday.
"The IDF has just carried out a pinpoint strike on the central headquarters of the Hezbollah terrorist organization ... The headquarters was deliberately built under residential buildings in the center of the Dahiyeh neighborhood in Beirut,” Hagari said.
The Israeli army tried to eliminate Lebanese Shia movement Hezbollahleader Hassan Nasrallah by striking Beirut, but their attempt failed, Al Arabiya broadcaster reported on Friday.
The IDF struck Hezbollah's headquarters after intelligence confirmed that Hassan Nasrallah was present there, but his fate remains unclear, reports Israeli Channel 13.
Meanwhile, the Iranian Tasnim news agency, citing a security source, reports that Hassan Nasrallah is in a safe location, and the information being spread by Israeli media is not accurate.
Within hours of the initial strike, Hagari announced that additional airstrikes were underway to target three buildings providing cover for "strategic assets" belonging to Hezbollah in the densely-populated city.
"As part of the extensive aerial operation to degrade Hezbollah's terrorist infrastructure and capabilities, we are preparing to conduct strikes on strategic assets that Hezbollah has hidden underground beneath three buildings in the heart of the Dahieh in Beirut," Hagari said.
About 10 strong explosions were heard in Beirut as part of the first operation, with smoke being seen in the southern suburbs of the city, a Sputnik correspondent had reported. Car alarms went off in the center of the Lebanese capital due to the force of the explosions, as panic erupted among people in the streets, the correspondent added.
Latest figures from the Lebanese Ministry of Health's Emergency Response Center detailed that six people were killed and 91 others were injured as a result of an Israeli airstrike on the southern suburb of Beirut.Figures are expected to rise as additional strikes were announced by Hagari.
At least six buildings have collapsed as a result of an Israeli airstrike on the southern suburbs of Beirut, Al Arabiya broadcaster reported on Friday.
Israeli strikes on the southern suburbs of Beirut on Friday were the most powerful attack on the city in nearly a year of the conflict between Israel and Lebanese Shia moment Hezbollah, Reuters reported, citing sources.
Israel began a massive bombing campaign, codenamed Northern Arrows, in southern and eastern parts of Lebanon on Monday. The Lebanese Health Ministry put the death toll at over 1,500. Hezbollah retaliated by firing dozens of rockets toward northern Israel.
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