Israel-Gaza-Lebanon updates: Nasrallah killed for tying Hezbollah cause to Gaza war

Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah was killed in an Israeli airstrike on Friday.

Last Updated: September 29, 2024, 2:21 PM EDT

Israel is firing strikes into Lebanon as the conflict in the Middle East intensifies.

Israel believes it has eliminated around 30 top Hezbollah leaders over the last several weeks, including Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah, who was killed in an Israeli airstrike in Beirut on Friday, U.S. and Israeli officials said.

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Sep 24, 2024, 8:54 AM EDT

Hezbollah fired over 300 projectiles on Tuesday

Hezbollah fired over 300 rockets, missiles and drones on Israel on Tuesday, injuring six soldiers and civilians in Israel, according to officials.

The group tried to fire many more strikes that were disrupted, according to IDF spokesperson Daniel Hagari.

Israel said Hezbollah has many capabilities it knows about and is going after, now targeting the threats at the border, according to Hagari.

Hagari said Hezbollah has militarized southern Lebanon and placed missiles and rockets in thousands of homes.

Israel's Iron Dome anti-missile system operates for interceptions as rockets are launched from Lebanon towards Israel, amid cross-border hostilities between Hezbollah and Israel, as seen from Haifa, Israel, Sept. 24, 2024.
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Asked if Hezbollah head Hassan Nasrallah is a target, Hagari pointed to comments from IDF General Staff Rav Aluf Herzi Halevi, who previously said no one in Hezbollah is immune.

Sep 24, 2024, 2:05 PM EDT

Israel has 'additional strikes prepared,' Gallant says

Israel has "additional strikes prepared" against Hezbollah, Defense Minister Yoav Gallant said, in a discussion with troops on Tuesday.

"Hezbollah, today, is different from the organization we knew a week ago – and we have additional strikes prepared. Any Hezbollah force that you may encounter, will be destroyed. They are worried about the combat experience you have gained," Gallant said.

Sep 24, 2024, 2:03 PM EDT

G7 warns escalation could lead to 'unimaginable consequences' in the Middle East

The foreign ministers of the Group of 7 said they have "deep concern" over "the trend of escalatory violence" in the Middle East, in a joint statement Tuesday.

The statement doesn’t call out Israel by name, it does call for "a stop to the current destructive cycle," warning "no country stands to gain from a further escalation in the Middle East."

"Actions and counter-reactions risk magnifying this dangerous spiral of violence and dragging the entire Middle East into a broader regional conflict with unimaginable consequences," it reads, while calling for the full implementation of the U.N. Security Council resolution that implemented a cease-fire between Israel and Hezbollah in 2006.

Additionally, the statement reaffirms the G7’s "strong support" for the ongoing efforts to broker a hostage release and cease-fire deal in Gaza.

Sep 24, 2024, 11:09 AM EDT

Israel claims it killed top Hezbollah commander

Israel claimed it killed a top Hezbollah commander in Tuesday's strike on Beirut, which killed at least six people and injured 15 others, according to the Lebanese Ministry of Public Health.

The IDF said it targeted and killed Ibrahim Muhammad Kabisi, a commander of Hezbollah's missile and rocket array.

"Kabisi commanded the various missile units of Hezbollah, including the precision missile units. Over the years and during the war, he was responsible for the launches towards the Israeli home front. Kabisi was a central center of knowledge in the field of missiles and was close to the senior military leadership of Hezbollah," the IDF said in a statement.

A residential building whose top two floors were hit by an Israeli strike in the Ghobeiri area of Beirut's southern suburbs, Sept. 24, 2024.
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Members of the civil defence and firefighting unit work at the site of an Israeli strike in Beirut's southern suburbs, Lebanon Sept. 24, 2024.
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The IDF also claimed he was responsible for the planning and execution of many terrorist plots against IDF forces and Israeli citizens.