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israeli military launches "largest-scale" air strikes on beirut

around 18:20 local time on september 27 (23:20 beijing time),israeli warplanes launched a series of air strikes on the southern suburbs of beirut, the lebanese capital, and huge explosions continued to be heard in beirut.according to sources, this is since the conflict broke out between hezbollah and the israeli army in lebanon last october.the largest airstrike carried out by the israeli army on beirut.

the israeli military said,the target of the attack was the headquarters of hezbollah in lebanon.

according to israeli media reports,israeli air strikes targeted lebanese hezbollah leader nasrallah.

nasrallah’s life or death uncertain

israeli military spokesman hagari said recently,the israeli military is still investigating the results of the airstrike.haveisraelmedia reports stated that "the israeli military has basically confirmed that nasrallah was killed in an air strike."

previously, some iranian media issued a message after the air strike claiming that "nasrallah was safe", but then withdrew the relevant press release. according to reuters, citing sources,after the air strike, "hezbollah's leadership was out of contact."

lebanese hezbollah leader nasrallah (file photo)

as of now,lebanese hezbollah has not officially issued a statement on this.

based on information from lebanese hezbollah-affiliated media and the lebanese ministry of public health,the attack has killed 6 to 8 people, injured more than 90 people, severely damaged 7 buildings, and some people may be buried under the rubble.

search and rescue operations at the air raid site in the southern suburbs of beirut continued after nightfall.

after nightfall,search and rescue operations at the scene are continuing.there are reports that the cleanup may take a long time.

the israeli army carried out two rounds of air strikes on the southern suburbs of beirut in less than 7 hours

in the early morning of september 28, local time, the israeli army’s arabic spokesman avichai adre issued a statement and distributed three maps.after requiring lebanese civilians near several buildings in the southern suburbs of beirut to evacuate immediately, the israeli army launched another air strike on the area.

the israeli army's arabic spokesman issued a statement and distributed three maps

this round of air strikes is the closest to the israeli air strike on hezbollah headquarters.the interval is less than 7 hours.the israeli army stated that the target of this air strike was "lebanese hezbollah weapons and equipment stored under some civilian buildings."

in the past three months, especially since israel launched a large-scale air strike on lebanon on september 23, israeli military attacks have resulted inmany senior commanders of the lebanese hezbollah armed forces died.

lebanese hezbollah fires missiles and rockets into northern israel

on the evening of september 27, local time, a few hours after the israeli air raid on the headquarters of hezbollah in lebanon,air raid sirens sounded in many places in the galilee region of northern israel.lebanese hezbollah immediately announced that in response to israel’s brutal aggression against lebanese cities, villages and civilians,hezbollah "launched missiles" at the northern israeli city of safed.it is called by the army,about 65 rockets were fired from southern lebanon to various places in northern israel.some of the rockets were intercepted by israeli air defense systems. the israeli first aid organization said one person was injured in the city of safed.

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