IDF carrying out strikes in Beirut
The Israeli military says it is currently carrying out “precise strikes” in Beirut.
Smoke has been seen and the sounds of blasts have been heard in the Lebanese capital’s southern suburbs, according to witnesses.
A security source has told the Reuters news agency that Israel was targeting a senior Hezbollah leader
Netanyahu’s office says PM approved Beirut strike from Wings of Zion plane en route to New York
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu approves a strike in Beirut from aboard the Wings of Zion en route to New York, September 26, 2024.
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu approved the strike in Beirut from Wings of Zion, says his office.
Officials on the flight say that the plane’s communications network worked perfectly.The commander of Hezbollah’s aerial forces Muhammad Hussein Sarour, was killed in the Israeli airstrike in Beirut, the IDF confirms.
According to the military, Sarour directed and commanded numerous aerial attacks on Israel, including explosive-laden drones and cruise missiles.
In recent years, the IDF says he led Hezbollah’s drone manufacturing, and established sites in Lebanon where the terror group would build explosive UAVs, some of which were under civilian buildings in Beirut.
Sarour joined Hezbollah in the 1980s and held various positions, including in the terror group’s air defenses, in the Aziz unit in the Radwan Force, and as Hezbollah’s attaché to Yemen where he was involved in the Houthis’ aerial forces, according to the military.
During the war he advanced numerous explosive drone attacks on Israel, as well as surveillance drones, the IDF says.
