Fires burn in the wreckage of the site where a massive Israeli bombing targeted Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah and killed an unknown number of civilians on Sept. 27, 2024. (Credit: Ibrahim Amro/AFP)
When the Israeli jets bombed Hezbollah's "headquarters" in Beirut's southern suburbs on Friday, the force of it was so strong that residents on the far side of the capital thought it was their own homes that were under attack.In its determination to assassinate Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah, the Israeli air force dropped dozens of 2,000-pound bombs in a matter of minutes, analysts say. One Department of Defense official told the Washington Post that he had never before seen so many bombs used against a single target. Images from the site show huge craters in the ground and four residential buildings completely leveled.The aftermath was chaos and confusion. Israeli media estimated 300 had been killed. Ground zero was cordoned off by strict Hezbollah security while they searched for their leader, and, other than a brief announcement of...
When the Israeli jets bombed Hezbollah's "headquarters" in Beirut's southern suburbs on Friday, the force of it was so strong that residents on the far side of the capital thought it was their own homes that were under attack.In its determination to assassinate Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah, the Israeli air force dropped dozens of 2,000-pound bombs in a matter of minutes, analysts say. One Department of Defense official told the Washington Post that he had never before seen so many bombs used against a single target. Images from the site show huge craters in the ground and four residential buildings completely leveled.The aftermath was chaos and confusion. Israeli media estimated 300 had been killed. Ground zero was cordoned off by strict Hezbollah security while they searched for their leader, and, other than a brief announcement...