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Live Updates: IDF strikes Hezbollah targets in Lebanon, IAF hits Hamas command center

By JERUSALEM POST STAFF
 Smoke billows over Beirut's southern suburbs after a strike, amid ongoing hostilities between Hezbollah and Israeli forces, as seen from Sin El Fil, Lebanon, September 29, 2024.  (photo credit: REUTERS/AMR ABDALLAH DALSH)
Smoke billows over Beirut's southern suburbs after a strike, amid ongoing hostilities between Hezbollah and Israeli forces, as seen from Sin El Fil, Lebanon, September 29, 2024.
(photo credit: REUTERS/AMR ABDALLAH DALSH)

IDF eliminates Hezbollah official Nabil Kaouk

The strike was achieved by Israel Air Force jets guided by intelligence information.

By JERUSALEM POST STAFF
 IDF eliminates Hezbollah official Nabil Kaouk. September 28, 2024.  (photo credit: IDF SPOKESPERSON'S UNIT)
IDF eliminates Hezbollah official Nabil Kaouk. September 28, 2024.
(photo credit: IDF SPOKESPERSON'S UNIT)

Nabil Kaouk, chief of Hezbollah's preventive security unit and a member of the terror group's council, was eliminated by the IDF in Lebanon on Saturday, the military announced on Sunday. 

The strike was achieved by Israel Air Force jets guided by intelligence information, the IDF added.

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US Defense Sec. Austin furious with Gallant over lack-of-notice on Nasrallah strike

Multiple times, the US has urged Israel to act less aggressively or not to take certain actions against Hezbollah, to avoid a larger regional war.

By YONAH JEREMY BOB
 US Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin speaks during the AUKUS Defence Ministers Meeting at Old Royal Naval College, Greenwich, London, Thursday, Sept. 26, 2024.  (photo credit: Kin Cheung/Reuters)
US Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin speaks during the AUKUS Defence Ministers Meeting at Old Royal Naval College, Greenwich, London, Thursday, Sept. 26, 2024.
(photo credit: Kin Cheung/Reuters)

US Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin was furious with Defense Minister Yoav Gallant and Israel when he was informed with very little notice that the IDF was about to kill Hezbollah chief Hassan Nasrallah, The Jerusalem Post has learned.

However, a US defense official said that the description of the call between Austin and Gallant was overstated and that a more accurate description would be that Austin was firm and candid in his conversation with Gallant.

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'Settling the account': IDF kills Nasrallah in heart of Beirut

New Hezbollah chief still to be named as group’s response weak so far • Military predicts his end could change region

By YONAH JEREMY BOB, REUTERS, JERUSALEM POST STAFF
Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah and the neighbourhood of Dahiyeh, Beirut. Illustrative.  (photo credit: REUTERS)
Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah and the neighbourhood of Dahiyeh, Beirut. Illustrative.
(photo credit: REUTERS)

F-15I aircraft from the 69th fighter squadron at 6:20 p.m. on Friday night dropped close to 100 bombs on Hezbollah’s underground headquarters in the heart of Beirut, killing the terror group’s chief of 32 years, Hassan Nasrallah, and potentially reordering the region.

Nasrallah was killed, alongside other Hezbollah commanders including Ali Karaki, Hezbollah’s new military chief designate and current commander of the southern front, whom the IDF has just missed killing last week.

The attack involved a decade of intelligence collected both by the IDF and the Mossad as well as a variety of last-minute deceptions to ensure that Nasrallah would not flee the area. 

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Israel-Hamas war: What you need to know 


  • Hamas launched a massive attack on October 7, with thousands of terrorists infiltrating from the Gaza border and taking some 240 hostages into Gaza
  • Over 1,200 Israelis and foreign nationals were murdered, including over 350 at the Re'im music festival and hundreds of Israeli civilians across Gaza border communities
  • 101 hostages remain in Gaza
  • 48 hostages in total have been killed in captivity, IDF says