How did israel target Nasrallah hiding underground?

Israel killed Hezbollah chief Hassan Nasrallah in an airstrike on Beirut, the capital of Lebanon, on friday (September 27, 2024), which was reported a day later on Saturday. Several intelligence agencies carefully planned this attack. The attack was carried out when Nasrallah and several other leaders of the Iran-backed group had gathered in a bunker in Beirut, the capital of Lebanon.

Nasrallah was hidden 60 feet below the ground

According to the Wall Street Journal, the bunker in which these leaders had gathered was 60 feet below the ground in a busy area of South Beirut. According to the report, all the leaders here, including Nasrallah, were planning action against Israel. This is the first time in the last few years that such a bombing has been carried out on a major center of a city. israel used about 80 tons of bombs to attack here, which completely devastated the area.

Nasrallah killed after months of planning

After this attack, israel Defense Force (IDF) Chief of General Staff Herzi Halevi said, "We carried out a precise attack, in which Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah was killed. This attack took place at Hezbollah's underground headquarters located in the middle of Beirut, in which other leaders of the terrorist organization were also present." According to the Israeli army, Hezbollah's stockpile of electronic devices and missiles was also destroyed in this attack. The Israeli army said that it took them months to plan this.

Intelligence agencies played a big role

According to the report of The New York Times, Israeli intelligence agencies have a very big role in the planning to kill Nasrallah. In the year 2006, there was a war between Hezbollah and israel for a month. After this, the Israeli intelligence agency destroyed Hezbollah's communication and kept an eye on its commanders, as a result of which israel finally succeeded in killing Nasrallah.

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