lebanonForeign Minister Abdullah Bou Habib revealed on Thursday, Hezbollah chief Hassan Nasrallah and the prime minister of israel Benjamin Netanyahu A “complete ceasefire” was agreed before Nasrallah was killed in an airstrike.
Asked in an interview with PBS if Nasrallah had agreed to a ceasefire “before his assassination”, the foreign minister said Lebanon had informed the United States of the agreement after discussions with Hezbollah and the French government.
A statement released on Saturday announced that Nasrallah “has joined his fellow martyrs” and the group vowed to “continue the jihad against the enemy and support Palestine”.
The region plunges into further conflict with Hezbollah after it confirmed Nasrallah’s killing Israel The on-the-ground invasion of Lebanon begins. The Israeli army suffered its deadliest day in a year, with a total of eight soldiers killed. Israeli airstrikes reportedly killed 46 people and injured 85 over the past 24 hours, while the military warned residents to evacuate several areas.
The Israeli military said it carried out precision airstrikes on Friday as Hezbollah leaders were meeting at their headquarters in Dahiya, south of Beirut. Nasrallah, who has led Hezbollah for more than three decades, is Israel’s most powerful target so far in weeks of intense fighting with the group.
Israel launched a deadly airstrike on a Hezbollah aid facility in central Beirut on Thursday, killing at least six people, Lebanese sources said. The attack came after tensions rose after Iran launched its largest missile attack on Israel, with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu threatening consequences for Tehran. In response, Iran vowed to escalate its actions if Israel retaliated, intensifying a conflict that has killed more than 1,000 people in Lebanon.
The Israeli military reported a targeted airstrike on Friday as Hezbollah’s leadership was meeting at its headquarters in Dahiya, south of Beirut. Nasrallah, who led Hezbollah for more than three decades, was Israel’s most important target killed in weeks of intense conflict with the group.
