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Israel kills Hezbollah leader Nasrallah in airstrike
Maayan Lubell and Maya Gebeily,09/28/24
Summary
* Hezbollah confirms leader Nasrallah is dead
* Israel said it eliminated him in Beirut airstrike on Friday
* Death marks major blow to Iran and its allies
* No word on who may replace him, Safieddine seen as heir apparent
* Israel launches more airstrikes on southern suburbs on Saturday
JERUSALEM/BEIRUT, Sept 28 (Reuters) - Israel killed Hezbollah leader Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah in a powerful airstrike in Beirut, dealing a huge blow to the Iran-backed group as it reels from an escalating campaign of Israeli attacks.
The Israeli military said on Saturday it had eliminated Nasrallah in the strike on the group's central command headquarters in Beirut's southern suburbs a day earlier. Hezbollah confirmed he had been killed, without saying how.
His death is not only a major blow to Hezbollah, but also to Iran, removing an influential ally who helped build Hezbollah into the linchpin of Tehran's constellation of allied groups in the Arab world.
A senior member of Iran's Revolutionary Guards, deputy commander Abbas Nilforoushan, was also killed in Israeli attacks in Beirut, Iranian media reported on Saturday.
Hezbollah said in a statement that it would continue its battle against Israel "in support of Gaza and Palestine, and in defence of Lebanon and its steadfast and honourable people".
Hezbollah's Al-Manar TV aired Koran verses after his death was announced. Bursts of gunfire were heard in Beirut.
Friday's airstrike - a succession of massively powerful blasts that left a crater at least 20 metres (65 feet) deep - shook Beirut. Israel carried out further airstrikes on the area and more widely in Lebanon on Saturday.
The Israeli military said earlier that Nasrallah was eliminated in a "targeted strike" on the group's underground headquarters beneath a residential building in Dahiyeh - a Hezbollah-controlled southern suburb of Beirut.
It said he was killed along with another top Hezbollah leader, Ali Karaki, and other commanders.
"The strike was conducted while Hezbollah’s senior chain of command were operating from the headquarters and advancing terrorist activities against the citizens of the State of Israel," it said.
Nasrallah's death is by far the most significant blow in a devastating fortnight for Hezbollah, starting with a deadly attack on thousands of wireless communications devices used by its members. Israel also significantly ramped up airstrikes in Lebanon, killing several top Hezbollah commanders and hundreds of other people across wide areas of the country.
SUCCESSION
Hezbollah gave no immediate indication of who might succeed Nasrallah. Senior Hezbollah official Sayyed Hashem Safieddine has long been regarded as heir apparent. The group has not issued any statement on Safieddine's status or that of any other Hezbollah leaders - apart from Nasrallah - since the attack.
Friday's attacks on Dahiyeh were followed by more strikes on the area and other areas of Lebanon on Saturday. Huge explosions lit up the night sky, and more strikes hit the area in the morning. Smoke rose over the city.
Hezbollah continued its cross-border rocket fire on Saturday, setting off sirens and sending residents running for shelter deep inside Israel. Israeli missile defences blocked some of them and there was no immediate report of injuries.
The escalation has increased fears the conflict could spin out of control, potentially drawing in Iran, Hezbollah's principal backer, as well as the United States.
Israeli Defence Minister Yoav Gallant said Israel's war was not with the Lebanese people, calling Nasrallah the "murderer of thousands of Israelis and foreign citizens".
"To the people of Lebanon, I say: Our war is not with you. It's time for change," he said.
Hezbollah has been waging hostilities with Israel since the eruption of the Gaza war a year ago, when it opened fire declaring solidarity with its Palestinian ally Hamas.
Hezbollah has said it would only cease fire when Israel's Gaza offensive ends.
Hamas and other allies of Hezbollah issued statements mourning his death.
LEBANON ASKS IRANIAN PLANE NOT TO LAND
Residents have fled Dahiyeh, seeking shelter in downtown Beirut and other parts of the city.
"Yesterday's strikes were unbelievable. We had fled before and then went back to our homes, but then the bombing got more and more intense, so we came here, waiting for Netanyahu to stop the bombing," said Dalal Daher, speaking near Beirut's Martyrs Square, referring to Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.
Israel says it has been attacking Hezbollah with the aim of allowing tens of thousands of residents evacuated from northern Israel to return home. In Lebanon, well over 200,000 people have been displaced, around half of them since Monday.
Lebanon's transport and public works ministry asked an Iranian plane not to enter Lebanese airspace after Israel warned on Friday air traffic control at the Beirut airport that it would use "force" if it landed, a source at the Lebanese transport ministry told Reuters. The source said it was not clear what was on the plane, adding: "The priority is people".
Late on Friday, Israeli military spokesperson Rear Admiral Daniel Hagari said Israeli air force planes were "patrolling the area of the Beirut airport" and would not allow "hostile flights with weapons to land" there.
"We know about Iranian arms transfers to Hezbollah and are thwarting them," he said.
Iran Air has cancelled all flights to Beirut until further notice, the airline's spokesman told local media on Saturday.
Hezbollah has fired hundreds of rockets and missiles at targets in Israel, including Tel Aviv.
The Israeli military said the country is on high alert for a broader conflict. "It's safe to assume that they are going to continue carrying out their attacks against us or try to," Lieutenant Colonel Nadav Shoshani said in a media briefing.
Reporting by Maya Gebeily, Timour Azhari, Laila Bassam, and Tom Perry in Beirut; James Mackenzie and Ari Rabinovitch in Jerusalem; Jana Choukeir, Nadine Awadalla, Adam Makary, Jaidaa Taha, Clauda Tanios and Tala Ramadan in Dubai; Writing by Tom Perry; Editing by Frances Kerry, Angus MacSwan, William Maclean
Our Standards: The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles.
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Israel-Hezbollah ceasefire begins after year of conflict
Ido Vock, 11/27/24
A ceasefire between Israel and Hezbollah has come into effect in Lebanon after more than a year of fighting.
It began at 04:00 local time (02:00 GMT) on Wednesday, putting an at-least temporary end to nearly 14 months of conflict between Israel and the Iran-backed militant group.
The deal was announced on Tuesday evening by Israel, France and the US, with President Joe Biden saying it aimed to be a "permanent cessation of hostilities".
Attacks by both sides were recorded until shortly before the ceasefire started.
Israel issued evacuation orders for parts of Beirut four hours before the ceasefire deadline, striking around an hour before. Hezbollah also fired drones into Israel in the hours before fighting stopped.
Within minutes of the ceasefire starting, the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) warned residents of southern Lebanon against "heading towards the villages that the IDF has ordered to be evacuated or towards IDF forces in the area".
The IDF's Arabic spokesman Avichay Adraee said on X the IDF would "inform you when it is safe to return home".
Still, dozens of vehicles were seen heading south shortly after the ceasefire began by reporters for the Reuters news agency, some packed with personal belongings.
Fighting had been ongoing for nearly a year when, in late September, Israel intensified bombardments and launched a ground invasion against Hezbollah.
The war has been Lebanon's deadliest in decades, killing more than 3,823 people, according to local officials.
Under the deal announced on Tuesday and brokered by the US, Israel will gradually withdraw its troops from Lebanon's south over a 60-day period.
Over the same timeframe, Hezbollah fighters and weapons will be removed from the area south of the Litani River, a boundary established at the end of the last Israel-Hezbollah war in 2006. They will be replaced by Lebanese government forces.
"This announcement will create the conditions to restore lasting calm and allow residents in both countries to return safely to their homes," said a joint statement from the US and France, both of which will join an existing mechanism tasked with enforcing the UN resolution previously set at the end of the 2006 war.
Lebanon's Prime Minister Najib Mikati welcomed the ceasefire deal, calling it a "fundamental step towards restoring calm and stability" in the country and allowing citizens to return home.
But he also demanded Israel "fully comply" with the deal, leave sites it currently occupies and to respect the UN resolution.
Lebanese environment minister Nasser Yassin, meanwhile, told BBC Radio 4's Today programme that given Hezbollah remains an "active party" the Lebanese parliament, his country now needed to focus on restoring the political process and facilitate "dialogue" between "different communities".
Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Israel would not hesitate to strike if Hezbollah breaks any part of the agreed deal.
"If Hezbollah violates the agreement and tries to arm itself, we will attack. If it tries to rebuild terrorist infrastructure near the border, we will attack," he said.
Biden said Israel "retains the right to self defence consistent with international law".
A snap poll for Israeli TV showed 37% of Israelis in favour of the ceasefire, 32% against and 31% saying they didn't know.
Netanyahu also said ending the fighting in Lebanon, Israel's northern neighbour, would allow the IDF to focus on "the Iranian threat".
Hezbollah had long been seen as Iran's first line of defence. But with much of the group's missile arsenal now destroyed, the military balance between Iran and Israel appears to have tilted in Israel's favour.
Hezbollah's "weakness" following the conflict concerns Iran, which wants to "preserve" the force's domestic standing in Lebanon, according to former US envoy to the Middle East Dennis Ross.
Having lost its entire leadership, the group "will take a long time to recover", Mr Ross told the BBC on Wednesday.
He said he anticipated the ceasefire will last beyond 60 days because both sides have an interest in extending it: Hezbollah because it needs time to recover, and Israel, which Mr Ross said "does not want to get stuck" fighting in Lebanon.
The past 13 months of violence began when Hezbollah started firing rockets into Israel a day after its ally Hamas carried out a brutal attack on southern Israel on 7 October 2023, which killed about 1,200 people.
Netanyahu said ending the fighting in Lebanon would also increase pressure on Hamas.
"From day two of the war, Hamas was counting on Hezbollah to fight by its side. With Hezbollah out of the picture, Hamas is left on its own," Netanyahu said.
Watch: Netanyahu says Israeli cabinet to approve ceasefire deal with Hezbollah
He said ending fighting in Lebanon would also give the IDF space to resupply weapons, munitions and troops, and thus could free up more Israeli forces to serve in Gaza. Parallel negotiations to end that conflict have been deadlocked for months.
US officials have expressed some hope the Israel-Hezbollah ceasefire will provide momentum for a breakthrough in the Gaza talks. On Tuesday, Biden said his administration was working with Turkey, Egypt and Qatar to "make another push" on a deal.
No US troops will be deployed to enforce the current ceasefire, US officials clarified.
The war has been devastating for Lebanon, where, in addition to the 3,823 people killed and 15,859 injured, one million residents have been displaced in areas where Hezbollah holds sway.
Israel went on the offensive against Hezbollah - which is proscribed as a terrorist organisation by Israel and many Western countries - after almost a year of cross-border fighting sparked by the war in Gaza.
It has said it wants to ensure the safe return of about 60,000 residents of northern Israeli areas displaced by rocket attacks, which Hezbollah launched in support of Palestinians.
Hezbollah attacks on Israel and the occupied Golan Heights have killed at least 75 people, more than half of them civilians, while more than 50 soldiers have been killed in combat in southern Lebanon, according to Israeli authorities.
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