ISRAEL has released dramatic new footage of the missile blitz that killed Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah as his funeral took place today.
Hundreds of thousands of mourners packed into a Beirut stadium and the surrounding streets for the terror boss’s funeral.
IDFIsrael released footage of the airstrike that killed Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah as his funeral took place[/caption]
GettyHundreds of thousands of people gathered for the former Hezbollah chief Hassan Nasrallah’s funeral[/caption]
idfThe IDF dropped bombs on the terror boss’s hideout on 27 September 2024[/caption]
APHezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah was killed in an Israeli airstrike[/caption]
The video, published by the Israel Defense Forces (IDF), shows the moment Israeli missiles struck Hezbollah’s underground headquarters in Beirut on September 27, 2024.
The strike, part of Operation “New Order,” saw Israel drop more than 80 bombs on the militant group’s main operations room, eliminating Nasrallah and several senior commanders in a devastating blow to Hezbollah.
Ali Karki, the Commander of Hezbollah’s Southern Front, was also killed in this blitz.
Alongside the footage, the IDF posted on X: “On September 27, 2024, at 6:21 p.m. and as part of Operation ‘New Order,’ the IDF eliminated Hassan Nasrallah, leader of the Hezbollah terrorist organization, and together with him Ali Karki… in several simultaneous strikes.”
The IDF also sent fighter jets to fly low over the Hezbollah chief’s funeral procession.
Defence Minister Israel Katz revealed the army made this move to send a message to the terror group.
Thousands of people, dressed in black, flocked to the militant boss’s funeral, which also remembered his successor, Hashem Safieddine, who was killed in a separate strike.
Nasrallah, 64, was one of the terror group’s founding members and his death was a huge blow to the Iran-backed militant group.
The Hezbollah co-founder was one of the most influential people in the Middle East and helped trained Hamas fighters.
He also helped increase Hezbollah’s presence and popularity in Lebanon during his 30 years in power.
Nasrallah had gone into hiding for several years before his death because of fears he would be assassinated by Israel.
Around 450,000 people were apparently in attendance at the funeral, according to an anonymous Lebanese official.
Hezbollah reportedly called on people to show up as an apparent show of strength following several major setbacks this year.
The chilling rise of terror boss Hassan Nasrallah
By Sayan Bose, Foreign News Reporter
ISRAEL has claimed to have killed Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah in a series of massive aircraft strikes that rocked Lebanon.
If true, his death would mark a huge shift in the Middle East crisis, with Hezbollah being left incredibly weak and Iran losing its grip on its biggest terror proxy.
Here we we take a look at Hassan Nasrallah’s life and his rise as the biggest terror boss in the Middle East.
Born in 1960, Nasrallah belonged to a poor Shia Muslim family who grew up in the slums of Sharshabouk in Beirut.
While growing up, he moved to south Lebanon to study theology and became a devout follower of Islam.
In 1982, Nasrallah joined Hezbollah shortly after it was formed as a political and paramilitary organisation.
Over the years, the fundamental Islamist rose through the ranks leading Hezbollah in multiple conflicts against Israel.
It was under Nasrallah’s stone-cold leadership that Hezbollah became a regional military power before being deemed an Islamic terror organisation by many countries including Britain and America.
He made Israel the prime enemy of the terror group – and sought for its destruction.
The terror chief has deeper ties with other Shia-based terror outfits like the Houthis and Hamas in a bid to wipe Israel from the world map.
Nasrallah holds the title of Sayyed, an honorific meant to signify the Shia cleric’s lineage dating back to the Prophet Muhammad.
He was regarded as an influential Islamist figure in the Middle East and had countless followers in the region.
For many years Nasrallah kept an extremely low profile and was never seen in public, fearing an assassination at the hands of the Israelis.
Israel wiped out 20 terror targets in a calculated and intense airstrike, just hours before the Lebanon ceasefire was signed in November.
The IDF also killed Nasrallah just two months before.
The deadly Israeli airstrike ripped through the terror chief’s underground command hideout in Beirut.
At the time, the IDF said: “Hassan Nasrallah will no longer be able to terrorize the world.”
APSeveral explosions ripped through Beirut in two successive airstrikes[/caption]
ReutersMourners gather in the Camille Chamoun Sports City Stadium, on the outskirts of Beirut[/caption]
Reuters450,000 people reportedly showed up to the funeral[/caption]
Israeli fighter jets fly over the the funeral procession of Lebanon’s former Hezbollah leader Hassan NasrallahAP
GettyThe funeral also remembered his successor Hashem Safieddine[/caption]