Nasrallah’s body reportedly showed no direct physical injury, raising the likelihood that his death resulted from shock due to the force of the explosion.
The body of Hezbollah Secretary-General Hassan Nasrallah was recovered on Sunday from the site of an Israeli airstrike in the southern suburbs of Beirut, Reuters news agency reported.
The body was recovered on Saturday and transferred to a hospital, where tests are being conducted to determine the exact nature of the injuries and the cause of death.
BREAKING: The moment the body of Hezbollah Secretary-General Hassan Nasrallah was retrieved from the bombing site in Haret Hreik, in southern Beirut. pic.twitter.com/EjZgmgG1ck
Al-Jazeera, citing a local correspondent, suggested that Nasrallah’s body showed no direct physical injury, raising the likelihood that his death resulted from shock due to the force of the explosion.
Footage from the site of the attack showed significant destruction, including a deep crater at the location of the assassination. The images highlighted the scale of the devastation, with widespread damage in the area.
The Lebanese movement Hezbollah announced on Saturday that Nasrallah had been killed the previous day in an Israeli airstrike.
The strike, carried out on Friday by F-35 fighter jets, targeted a site in Haret Hreik, in the southern suburbs of Beirut.
The footage showed the massive crater created by the strike, illustrating the power of the bunker-busting bombs used. Numerous buildings were leveled, and smoke could still be seen rising from parts of the targeted area.
Israeli Army Radio reported that aircraft from Squadron 69 deployed around 85 bunker-busting bombs, each containing one ton of explosives, during the operation to kill Nasrallah.
The Israeli newspaper Yedioth Ahronoth revealed that intelligence for the airstrike was provided by the Israeli Military Intelligence Division, particularly Unit 8200.
For its part, the New York Times cited Israeli officials who confirmed that Nasrallah’s location had been tracked for months prior to the assassination.
Israel targeted healthcare services during its aggression on Lebanon. (Photo: via social media)
Meanwhile, the Lebanese army issued a statement calling on citizens to maintain national unity and avoid actions that could undermine civil peace during this critical time.
The Israeli occupation army continued its aggression on Lebanon on Sunday, targeting civilians in the south, the Bekaa Valley, and the southern suburbs of Beirut through violent airstrikes, the Lebanese news network Al-Mayadeen reported.
In southern Lebanon, at least three people lost their lives in an Israeli airstrike on an Islamic Health Authority center in Houmine al-Fawqa, while another strike hit the town of Jebchit in the Nabatieh district.
LEBANESE SYRIAN DEFENSE: Nine Syrians were killed in an Israeli raid on the town of Al-Ain in Baalbek District. pic.twitter.com/ycgn2mmxYm
Additionally, the city of Tyre was targeted by several airstrikes, one of which hit a residential apartment. Israeli warplanes also struck the towns of Al-Majadil and Al-Qasimiyah, Al-Mayadeen reported.
Israeli artillery bombarded the town of Shebaa throughout the night into the early morning hours.
In the Bekaa Valley, a massacre took place in the town of Ain, where at least ten people were killed. A separate airstrike targeted a car on the road to Iaat, west of Baalbek.
Other airstrikes in the Bekaa targeted the towns of Othman, Labweh, Shaath, and Hermel, with particularly intense raids in the Baalbek region. The strikes extended to the outskirts of the Lebanese-Syrian border.
In addition to the ongoing assaults in the south and the Bekaa, a new airstrike hit the southern suburb of Beirut early Sunday morning, while the Choueifat area was targeted by four airstrikes.
Israeli airstrike targets a cafe in the village of Chaqra, southern Lebanon.
These strikes coincided with the landing of a civilian plane at Beirut International Airport, according to reports.
Meanwhile, the Lebanese army issued a statement calling on citizens to maintain national unity and avoid actions that could undermine civil peace during this critical time.
The army warned that the Israeli occupation aims to carry out destructive plans and sow division among the Lebanese.
The Lebanese Ministry of Health reported that 33 people were killed, and 195 were injured as a result of the attacks on Saturday.
At least 11 paramedics were killed by Israeli airstrikes on Lebanon. (Photo: via social media)
The Lebanese Health Ministry announced plans to evacuate hospitals in southern Beirut as Israeli airstrikes escalate in the region.
At least 11 medical personnel have been killed in a series of Israeli air strikes targeting health facilities in the villages of Taybeh and Deir Seryan in the Marjeyoun district of southern Lebanon, according to the Lebanese National News Agency, cited by the Anadolu news agency.
The Lebanese news agency reported that 10 others were injured in the strikes on Saturday that hit facilities operated by the Islamic Health Authority.
In a separate incident, the Lebanese Civil Defense reported the death of one of its members and critical injuries to another during Israeli air strikes that struck the southern suburbs of Beirut late on Friday night.
‘Suspend Non-Urgent Cases’
Earlier on Saturday, the Health Ministry also announced plans to evacuate hospitals in southern Beirut as Israeli airstrikes escalate in the region.
In a statement, the ministry also urged hospitals in Beirut, Mount Lebanon, and other unaffected areas to suspend non-urgent cases until the end of the week to accommodate patients from the southern suburbs, reported Anadolu.
Israel has pounded Lebanon since early Monday with air strikes that have killed more than 700 people and injured nearly 2,200, according to figures released by the Lebanese Health Ministry.
On Friday night, Israeli airstrikes killed the Hezbollah movement’s leader, Hassan Nasrallah, which has received widespread condemnation and fears of a wider escalation of the conflict in the region.
The ministry also said that the death toll in Lebanon since last October last year is 1,540. This is in addition to the more than 77,000 displaced from the southern and eastern parts of the country.
Intensified Fighting
Since the start of the Israeli war on Gaza, on October 7, the Lebanese movement Hezbollah has engaged directly, but relatively in a limited way in the war against the Israeli occupation.
In recent weeks, however, the intensity of the fighting has increased, leading to concerns that an all-out war between Hezbollah and the Israeli army is imminent.
Israel has occupied parts of Lebanon for decades and has only left the country in 2000, following stiff Lebanese resistance under Hezbollah’s leadership.
Israel attempted to re-occupy Lebanon in 2006 but failed in what Lebanon considers a major victory against Israel.
Israel, however, continues to occupy parts of Lebanon, namely the Sheeba Farms region.
Hezbollah has vowed to recover every inch of Lebanon that has been occupied by Israel contrary to international law.
The assassination of Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah in an Israeli airstrike on Lebanon has been condemned by some world leaders while US President Joe Biden called his killing “a measure of justice.”
Three Days of Mourning – Lebanon
Lebanese Prime Minister Najib Mikati announced a three-day national mourning period following the assassination.
Mikati’s office reportedly said flags will be lowered at half-mast in all government departments and public institutions. All public offices will also close on the day of Nasrallah’s funeral.
Hezbollah, however, has not yet announced the date for the funeral.
Former Lebanese Prime Minister Saad Hariri condemned the assassination of Nasrallah, as “a cowardly act” saying it “has plunged Lebanon and the region into a new phase of violence, and we condemn it in its entirety.
صدر عن الرئيس سعد الحريري البيان الاتي؛ اغتيال السيد حسن نصرالله ادخل لبنان والمنطقة في مرحلة عنف جديدة. إنه عمل جبان مدان جملة وتفصيلًا من قبلنا، نحن الذين دفعنا غاليًا من أحبتنا حين صار الاغتيال بديلًا للسياسة. رحم الله السيد حسن وأخلص التعازي لعائلته ورفاقه. اختلفنا كثيرًا مع…
In a statement on X, he said: “Alleviating the suffering of our people and our families from all regions is a national priority, not partisan, sectarian or factional.
“Preserving Lebanon as a homeland for all its sons can only be achieved through our unity. What is required now is for everyone to rise above differences and selfishness to bring our country to safety.”
‘US Complicity’ – Iran
Iran’s Supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, declared five days of public mourning for the Hezbollah leader.
In a statement on X, the leader said Nasrallah was “a path and a school of thought, and his path will continue,” adding that the “foul-natured Zionist regime has not become victorious by carrying out this atrocity.”
“The Lebanese haven’t forgotten there was a time when the soldiers of the occupying regime were advancing toward Beirut, & Hezbollah stopped them & made Lebanon proud. Today too, by the grace & power of God, Lebanon will make the transgressing, malicious enemy regret its actions,” Khamenei stated.
He said the “ruling Zionist regime hasn’t learned from its 1yr criminal war in Gaza & doesn’t understand the massacre of women, children, & civilians cannot hurt the strong structure of Resistance or bring it to its knees. Now they’re testing the same absurd policy in Lebanon.”
Iranian President Massoud Pezeshkian said on X: “The international community will not forget that the order for this terrorist attack was issued from New York and the Americans cannot absolve themselves of complicity with the Zionists.”
Expressing his condolences on his passing, he said Nasrallah had “achieved his long-standing dream, that is, to achieve martyrdom,” and that his name “will forever go down in the history of Islam.”
Nasser Kanaani, the spokesman for the Iranian Foreign Ministry, quoted a verse from the Qur’an saying on X: “Think not of those who are killed in the way of Allah as dead. Nay, they are alive, with their Lord, and they have provision.”
He stated, “The proud resistance of Syed Hasan Nasrullah will continue and the holy ideal will be realized in the freedom of Quds Sharif (Jerusalem – PC), God willing.”
‘Shameful Attack’ – Iraq
The office of Iraqi Prime Minister Mohammed Shia Al-Sudani announced three days of mourning for Nasrallah.
Describing Nasrallah as “a martyr on the path of the righteous,” al-Sudani said the bombing that killed the leader was a “shameful attack” and “a crime that shows the Zionist entity has crossed all the red lines.”
‘Reminds Us of Hitler’ – Venezuela
President of Venezuela, Nicolas Maduro, expressed solidarity with the Palestinian and Lebanese nations, whom he said “are victims of a genocide of terrorist attacks by the government of Netanyahu of a murderer who reminds us of Hitler.”
He condemned Israel’s “abhorrent” attack on Lebanon questioning “who can tolerate” the killing of children, women and the elderly.
President of Venezuela Nicolas Maduro reacts to the assassination of Hassan Nasrallah, expressing solidarity with Hezbollah, with his family, and with the people of Lebanon and Palestine. pic.twitter.com/2LOaY6irPA
“Today we learned of the assassination of a leader of the Muslim world, of the Arab peoples, Hassan Nasrallah…and we repudiate this crime,” Maduro added. “They want to justify it. But to assassinate him they attacked buildings, neighbourhoods and killed hundreds of people. What do you call that? A crime.”
He stated “The attack was ordered from the New York headquarters of the United Nations. And the cowards of the world are silent.”
“But the rebellious peoples, no one will silence our voices. That’s why I call on the peoples of the world, on the Muslim people, on the Arab people, to raise their voices and stand in solidarity with the Palestinian people, with the people of Lebanon.”
‘Violation of Humanitarian Law’ – South Africa
The South African government expressed “its profound concern” regarding “the recent escalation of extrajudicial killings in the Middle East, most notably the tragic assassination of Hassan Nasrallah and other leaders in Lebanon.”
Noting the “hundreds” that have been left in critical condition and the thousands injured, the Department of International Relations and Cooperation (DIRCO) said, “The scale of injuries caused by these indiscriminate explosions is deeply troubling and warrants strong condemnation from the international community.”
“Such attacks on civilians constitute a grave violation of international human rights and humanitarian law,” DIRCO said in a statement, and “serve to exacerbate an already tense situation in the Middle East and appear to be aimed at undermining international peace efforts in the region.”
“We call for the perpetrators of these premeditated crimes to be held accountable through an international, transparent investigation,” the statement added.
South Africa “unequivocally condemns these targeted assassinations and the recent bombing campaign against Lebanon, which has resulted in the tragic loss of more than 720 lives since the conflict escalated on Monday.”
It called for “an immediate ceasefire and adherence to international law to prevent a major regional military conflagration, which would have devastating consequences for all countries involved.”
‘Cowardly Assassination’ – Cuba
“We condemn the cowardly targeted assassination of Hassan Nasrallah, Secretary General of Hezbollah, as a result of Israel’s attack on residential buildings in the southern suburbs of Beirut, causing destruction and death of innocent civilians,” Cuba’s President, Miguel Díaz-Canel Bermúdez, said on X.
Condenamos el cobarde asesinato selectivo de Hassan Nasrallah, secretario general de Hezbollah, como resultado del ataque perpetrado por Israel contra edificios de viviendas en el suburbio sur de Beirut, causando destrucción y muerte de civiles inocentes.
“This fact seriously threatens regional and global peace and security, whose total responsibility falls on Israel with the complicity of the United States.”
‘Israel Bears Full Responsibility’ – Russia
“This is yet another political assassination committed by Israel, and Russia condemns it with great resolve,” Russia’s Foreign Ministry said in a statement, adding that “This forceful action has the potential to entail even more dramatic consequences for Lebanon and the Middle East in general.”
“Israel was definitely aware of this danger. Nevertheless, it took this step and started killing Lebanese citizens, which will almost inevitably provoke a new outburst of violence. Therefore, it bears full responsibility for the ensuing escalation.”
The Foreign Ministry called on Israel “to stop the hostilities immediately.”
“This would make it possible to cease the bloodshed and create conditions for a political and diplomatic settlement. In the current explosive situation, responsible members of the international community must do everything in their power to prevent the region from plunging into a full-scale armed confrontation.”
‘Infringement on Sovereignty’ – China
In a statement, China’s Foreign Ministry said it was “closely following the incident” of Nasrallah’s assassination and “is deeply concerned over the escalation of tensions in the region.”
“China opposes the infringement on Lebanon’s sovereignty and security, opposes and condemns any action against innocent civilians, and opposes any move that fuels antagonism and escalates regional tensions,” the statement added.
China urged “parties concerned, especially Israel, to immediately take actions to cool down the situation and prevent the conflict from escalating or even spiraling out of control.”
“The tension between Lebanon and Israel is a spillover of the Gaza conflict. The pressing priority is to implement relevant UN Security Council resolutions, end the fighting in Gaza as soon as possible, and earnestly safeguard peace and stability in the Middle East.”
‘Israel Becoming More Reckless’ – Turkey
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said on X that “Lebanon and the Lebanese people are the new target of Israel’s policy of genocide, occupation and invasion that has been continuing since October 7.”
Referring to the hundreds killed and thousands injured in the attacks on Lebanon, he said “No one with a conscience can accept, excuse or justify such a massacre.”
İsrail’in, 7 Ekim’den bu yana sürdürdüğü soykırım, işgal ve istila politikasının yeni hedefinde Lübnan ve Lübnan halkı vardır.
İsrail’in vahşi saldırıları sonucunda son bir hafta içerisinde aralarında çocukların da olduğu çok sayıda Lübnanlı katledilmiştir.
Erdogan warned, “The Israeli government is becoming more and more reckless as it is pampered by the powers that provide arms and ammunition for its massacres; it is defying all humanity, human values and international law.”
He stressed that “Israel’s attempts to spread the insane politics it has implemented in Gaza and Ramallah to Lebanon and other countries in the region must now be stopped.”
Without specifically mentioning Nasrallah’s assassination, he said “we will continue to stand by the Lebanese people and government in these difficult days.”
Israel's barbaric aggression, which targets Lebanon after Gaza, has become a clear threat to regional and global peace.
The assassination of Hezbollah Secretary General Hasan Nasrullah while the UN General Assembly was continuing after the attacks carried out in…
Former Turkish Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoğlu said on X: “Israel’s barbaric aggression, which targets Lebanon after Gaza, has become a clear threat to regional and global peace.”
“The assassination of Hezbollah Secretary General Hasan Nasrullah while the UN General Assembly was continuing after the attacks carried out in civilian-populated areas via pagers is a clear challenge to the UN and the international community,” he stated.
“If Israel, encouraged by the support it receives from imperialist powers, the inertia of the UN and the insensitivity of the leaders of Islamic countries, is not stopped, a cycle of disaster awaits our region and the world.”
‘Growing Risk of Regional Conflict’ – Ireland
Micheál Martin, Ireland’s Foreign Minister, said he was “deeply concerned” about the escalation of the conflict over the last 24 hours and “the growing risk of regional conflict.”
Deeply concerned about the escalation of conflict in Lebanon over the last 24 hours & the growing risk of regional conflict.
It is long past time for the violence and killing to stop.
“The people of Lebanon continue to pay a shocking and heavy price for the conflict between Hezbollah and Israel. What we need now is for all parties to step back, de-escalate and support efforts to reach a ceasefire,” Martin said in a statement.
“A wider conflict would be disastrous for all the peoples of the region,” he added, urging an immediate ceasefire and deal to release captives in Gaza “to allow humanitarian assistance at scale.”
‘A Measure of Justice’ – USA
Joe Biden, the US president, said in a statement that Nasrallah’s death was “a measure of justice for his many victims, including thousands of Americans, Israelis, and Lebanese civilians.”
The WH response to Nasrallah's assassination is dismal. It reflects 2 decades of altering laws of war in the "GWOT." The outcome is to apply laws of war only among Western powers & apply what reads like just war theory to the unruly Global South #Threadhttps://t.co/j5uE0aKZuD
“The United States fully supports Israel’s right to defend itself against Hezbollah, Hamas, the Houthis, and any other Iranian-supported terrorist groups. Just yesterday, I directed my Secretary of Defense to further enhance the defense posture of U.S. military forces in the Middle East region to deter aggression and reduce the risk of a broader regional war.”
‘Serious Threat’ – Germany
Germany’s foreign minister, Annalena Baerbock, warned that the Middle East region was at risk of an “absolute spiral of violence”.
“The situation poses a serious threat to stability in the region, and the stability of Lebanon and this never serves the security and interests of Israel,” she reportedly said.
‘Netanyahu’s Crimes’ – France
French Foreign Minister Jean-Noël Barrot reportedly called for an immediate end to the Israeli airstrikes on Lebanon.
In a statement he said, “The security and protection of civilians must be guaranteed, including that of French people in the region, which is also our priority.”
L'assassinat d'Hassan Nasrallah est un pas de plus vers l'invasion du Liban et la guerre générale. La France ne compte plus sur place. Les crimes de Netanyahu vont continuer puisqu'ils sont impunis. Le danger est extrême pour la région et le monde.
Jean-Luc Melenchon, a left-wing French politician, said the assassination “is one more step towards the invasion of Lebanon and general war”.
He stated on X: “France no longer counts on the ground. Netanyahu’s crimes will continue since they are unpunished. The danger is extreme for the region and the world.”
A citizen, his wife and their two children were killed in the bombing of a house in Deir al-Balah in the central Gaza Strip by Israeli warplanes.
31 people were killed in the ongoing Israeli aggression on the Gaza Strip during the past hours.
The occupation forces continue to raid homes in Nablus and Askar camp, arresting a number of Palestinians.
The occupation forces storm Qalandia camp, north of occupied Jerusalem.
Monday, September 30, 04:45 am (GMT+2)
AL-MAYADEEN:
Israeli attacks expanded at night and targeted the city of Baalbek and Jdeidet Yabous between Lebanon and Syria.
Raids intensified at night on the Bekaa, and 11 martyrs rose in an initial toll after the rise of 60 martyrs yesterday.
PALESTINIAN NEWS: Israeli occupation forces raid the towns of Sa’ir, north of Hebron, and Tuqu’, south of Bethlehem, and launch a campaign of arrests in the town.
AL-MAYADEEN: The targeting of the Cola area in Beirut led to the injury of 10 people, in addition to the martyrdom of the three leaders of the Popular Front.
PALESTINIAN MEDIA: Renewed violent clashes with the occupation forces in the Askar refugee camp, east of Nablus city in the occupied West Bank.
AL-MAYADEEN: The number of martyrs in Hermel and its surroundings rises to 12 martyrs.
PFLP: We pledge to our martyrs and all the martyrs of our people and our nation that we will continue the path of armed struggle until the occupation is swept away.
PFLP (The Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine): We mourn our martyr leaders Mohamed Abdel Aal, Imad Odeh and Abdel Rahman Abdel Aal who rose in the Cola raid in Beirut.
HEZBOLLAH:
Commander Sheikh Nabil Qaouk served as the head of the Preventive Security Unit of the Islamic Resistance until the date of his blessed martyrdom.
Martyr leader Sheikh Nabil Qaouk was Hezbollah’s deputy executive council official until 2018.
Martyr leader Sheikh Nabil Yahya Qaouk served as Hezbollah’s southern regional organizational officer from 1991 to 2010.
The great jihadist leader Karaki rose as a martyr.
Monday, September 30, 01:30 am (GMT+2)
AL-MAYADEEN: There is no truth to the news about an Israeli landing attempt south of the city of Tyre.
PALESTINIAN MEDIA: Israeli warplanes target the northern Gaza Strip.
AL-MAYADEEN:
Three Israeli raids targeted the city of Hermel and its surroundings in northeastern Lebanon.
An Israeli raid targeted the capital Beirut.
ISRAELI MEDIA: Renewed Israeli artillery shelling on the Tel Al-Hawa neighborhood, southwest of Gaza City.
MINISTRY OF HEALTH (Lebanon – Emergency Operations Center): 105 Martyrs and 359 wounded yesterday’s raids on the towns and villages of southern Lebanon, the Bekaa, Baalbek-Hermel and the southern suburbs of Beirut.
AL-MAYADEEN: Israeli warplanes launch a raid on the town of Al-Qalila in the Tyre area.
Three Israeli raids targeted the city of Hermel and its surroundings, in northeastern Lebanon.
An Israeli raid targeted the capital, Beirut.
PALESTINIAN MEDIA: Renewed Israeli artillery shelling of Tal al-Hawa neighborhood, southwest of Gaza City.
LEBANESE HEALTH MINISTRY: 105 dead and 359 wounded as a result of Sunday’s Israeli raids on towns and villages in southern Lebanon, the Bekaa, Baalbek-Hermel, and the southern suburbs of Beirut.
ISRAELI MEDIA: No landings are allowed at Ben Gurion Airport, all landings are directed south.
LEBANESE HEALTH MINISTRY: 105 dead and 359 wounded as a result of Sunday's Israeli raids on towns and villages in southern Lebanon, the Bekaa, Baalbek-Hermel, and the southern suburbs of Beirut.
33 killed and 97 Wounded as a result of the Israeli aggression on Sunday on Baalbek-Hermel Governorate.
Three killed and two wounded as a result of the Israeli raid on Ghobeiry area in the Southern suburbs of Beirut.
Nine killed and 42 wounded, the toll of successive raids on the Bekaa during the past 24 hours.
Today’s Israeli enemy raids on the towns of Tyre district led to the killing of 16 people and the injury of 115.
Monday, September 30, 12:00 am (GMT+2)
AL-MAYADEEN: Israeli warplanes target the towns of Kfar Shuba, Kfar Hamam, Deir al-Zahrani and Zebdine.
PALESTINIAN MEDIA: Three Palestinians were killed and two were injured in an Israeli bombardment targeting a civilian vehicle near Hamad City, northwest of Khan Yunis, in the southern Gaza Strip.
AL-MAYADEEN: Two people were killed in the raid that targeted a house in the town of Al-Ain, north of Baalbek district.
AP: Western leaders’ promises in exchange for our non-response to Haniyeh’s killing are lies.
ISLAMIC RESISTANCE IN IRAQ: We attacked, at dawn today, with a squadron of drones, two separate targets in Israel.
Sunday, September 29, 10:00 pm (GMT+2)
ISRAELI MEDIA: Hezbollah still has significant capabilities in Lebanon, including heavy, long-range, precision missiles.
ISLAMIC RESISTANCE IN IRAQ: Our Mujahideen targeted two separate targets in the occupied Palestinian territories with a squadron of drones.
AL-MAYADEEN: Six Lebanese were killed and others were wounded as a result of an Israeli raid on a house in the Nuseirat camp in the central Gaza Strip.
ISRAELI ARMY RADIO: More than a million Israelis run to shelters after Hezbollah fires rockets at Haifa and the north.
? Numerous explosions were reported throughout the Haifa area. According to preliminary sources, a number of rockets made impact. pic.twitter.com/Qrio1CMsVo
PALESTINIAN MEDIA: Israeli artillery shelling targets the southern areas of Gaza City.
ISRAELI MEDIA: A surface-to-surface ballistic missile was launched from Lebanon towards Haifa.
HAMAS: We express our full solidarity with the brotherly Yemeni people and with our brothers in the Ansaralah Movement in the face of the Zionist-American aggression.
AL-MAYADEEN:
Reports of several rockets falling in Haifa.
Sirens sounded in large areas of the Western Galilee, reaching Haifa and Haifa Bay
Sunday, September 29, 9:00 pm (GMT+2)
LEBANESE HEALTH MINISTRY: 32 civilians were killed in the Israeli airstrike that flattened a residential tower sheltering displaced families in the Ain al-Dilb area, east of Sidon in southern Lebanon.
ISRAELI ARMY: The Israeli military said that a naval missile ship successfully intercepted a drone in the Red Sea outside Israel’s borders.
ABC (citing Israeli officials): Hezbollah still poses a threat and still has a very large missile capacity to harm Israel and its civilians. Officials have warned Iran against responding because they say it will be hit harder than it imagines.
PALESTINIAN MEDIA: Two people were killed and others injured in an Israeli bombardment that targeted a house in the Nuseirat camp in the central Gaza Strip.
GIDEON SA’AR: Our country is fighting a fierce war on 7 fronts. Difficult days still lie ahead and the challenges and dangers are not over yet.
ISRAELI MEDIA: Netanyahu announced the expansion of the government coalition and the inclusion of former Minister Gideon Sa’ar in it.
US Senator Mark Kelly disclosed during an interview that Israel used American-supplied MK84 guided missiles to kill Hezbollah's leader Hassan Nasrallah in a densely populated neighborhood of Beirut. pic.twitter.com/R6x1CdtjqC
LEBANESE MEDIA: Two Israeli airstrikes targeted the Lebanese-Syrian border in the Hermel region, east of Lebanon.
YEMENI HEALTH MINISTRY: Four people were killed and 29 injured in the initial toll of victims of the Israeli aggression on the Hodeidah Governorate.
EU: The European Union said it has allocated 10 million euros to support those affected in Lebanon by Israel’s aggression.
ISRAEL HAYOM: Sa’ar will join the Israeli government and will be a minister without portfolio.
LEBANESE HEALTH MINISTRY: 32 civilians were killed in the Israeli airstrike that flattened a residential tower sheltering displaced families in the Ain al-Dilb area, east of Sidon in southern Lebanon. pic.twitter.com/wZszvwArdH
ANSARALLAH: New Israeli aggression is an attempt to break Yemen’s decision to support Gaza.
HEZBOLLAH: We targeted a gathering of enemy soldiers in Shtula with missiles.
HOME FRONT COMMAND: Sirens sounded in the cities of Nahariya and Acre and their surroundings in northern Israel.
PALESTINIAN MEDIA: Three people were killed in an Israeli bombardment that targeted citizens near the municipal park in the center of Gaza City.
Sunday, September 29, 6:30 pm (GMT+2)
IRANIAN PRESIDENT: If the international community does not stop Israel, we will respond appropriately.
HEZBOLLAH: We attacked the Alyatkim camp with a swarm of suicide drones.
JERUSALEM POST: The Israeli army carried out the strongest strike against Yemen since the beginning of the war.
WASHINGTON POST: Israeli attack that killed Nasrallah may have been carried out with American munitions.
PALESTINIAN MEDIA: One person was killed and others were injured when Israeli drones bombed citizens north of the Nuseirat camp in the central Gaza Strip.
??? Vice President of the Ansarallah Media Authority, Nasr El-Din Amer, to Al-Arabi TV: — Firstly, we affirm that we will continue to support the Palestinian people and stand beside the Palestinian resistance.
ISRAELI ARMY RADIO: The Air Force carried out raids on the port of Hodeidah in Yemen for the second time.
FORMER COMMANDER OR IRAN’S QUDS FORCE: There is no vacant leadership position in Hezbollah. Hezbollah has trained strong operatives for 4 decades and the leaders are replaced immediately.
HEZBOLLAH: We bombed the occupied city of Safed with a missile barrage in support of Gaza and in defense of Lebanon.
AL-MAYADEEN: Israeli raids targeted the city of Nabatieh and the towns of Kfar Joz, Kfar Rumman and Harouf.
MAARIV: The southern suburb of Beirut was targeted by 3 Israeli raids within half an hour.
HEZBOLLAH: Hezbollah announced the death of Sheikh Nabil Qaouk, who was killed in an Israeli raid on the southern suburbs of Beirut yesterday.
ISRAEL HAYOM: Hezbollah announced the death of Sheikh Nabil Qaouk, who was killed in an Israeli raid on the southern suburbs of Beirut yesterday.
IRGC QUDS FORCE COMMANDER: We will stand by the fighters of Hezbollah until the liberation of Palestine.
SYRIAN MEDIA: Loud explosions were heard around the capital Damascus.
Sunday, September 29, 3:00 pm (GMT+2)
AL-MAYADEEN: A salvo of rockets was launched from Lebanon towards northern occupied Palestine.
ISRAELI MEDIA: A rocket fell directly in Afula.
REUTERS: Nasrallah’s body was recovered.
BREAKING: The moment the body of Hezbollah Secretary-General Hassan Nasrallah was retrieved from the bombing site in Haret Hreik, in southern Beirut. pic.twitter.com/EjZgmgG1ck
ISRAELI ENERGY MINISTER: Signing the gas agreement with Lebanon was a mistake from the beginning and we will make sure to correct it.
LEBANESE PM: We demand a ceasefire on all fronts to bring security and stability to the region.
SYRIAN MEDIA: An Israeli airstrike targeted the Wadi Hanna area in Al-Qusayr in the Homs countryside in central Syria.
LEBANESE SYRIAN DEFENSE: Nine Syrians were killed in an Israeli raid on the town of Al-Ain in Baalbek District.
KIRYAT SHMONA MAYOR: Hezbollah’s Radwan forces are still on the border with Israel, and it is impossible to remove the threat posed by Hezbollah without intervening on the ground in Lebanon.
Sunday, September 29, 11:30 am (GMT+2)
IRAN: Shura Council proposals will be submitted to the Supreme National Security Council to discuss scenarios for responding to Israeli crimes.
AL-MAYADEEN: An Israeli raid targets the Wadi Hanna neighborhood in Al-Qusayr, near a Syrian army checkpoint.
WFP: Lebanon is on the brink of collapse and cannot bear another war, and announced the launch of an emergency operation to provide food aid to one million people affected by the conflict in Lebanon.
Israeli boats opened fire on the shores of Beit Lahiya in northern Gaza.
AL-JAZEERA: A Palestinian was killed and others were injured in an artillery bombardment on Beit Lahia, north of the Gaza Strip.
ISRAELI STATE COMPTROLLER: The army is obstructing the completion of the investigation into what he described as the “failures of October 7.
YEDIOTH AHRONOTH (citing senior military official): Hezbollah has begun planning to bomb Tel Aviv. Hashem Safieddine, the Hezbollah leader who is a candidate to succeed Hassan Nasrallah, “has begun to control Hezbollah and is more extreme than Nasrallah.”
LEBANESE ARMY: We call on citizens to preserve national unity and not to be drawn into actions that may affect civil peace.
HEZBOLLAH: We bombed the Israeli Ofek camp in the occupied Golan Heights with a batch of Fadi-1 missiles.
WSJ: Hezbollah retains thousands of experienced fighters and a large arsenal that it can use despite Nasrallah’s death.
Sunday, September 29, 10:00 am (GMT+2)
QNN: Israeli boats opened fire on the shores of Beit Lahiya in northern Gaza.
HAARETZ: The Israeli Ministry of Interior is planning to recruit asylum seekers into the army in exchange for granting them permanent residency.
CHINESE FM: China has expressed “grave concern” over tensions in the Middle East following the assassination of Hezbollah Secretary-General Hassan Nasrallah. Beijing opposes any violation of Lebanon’s sovereignty” and “urges relevant parties, especially Israel, to calm the situation immediately.”
LEBANESE CIVIL DEFENSE: Seven paramedics were killed in two Israeli raids on the towns of Qabrikha and Tayr Debba in southern Lebanon.
ISRAEL HAYOM: Five rockets were launched towards the city of Tiberias in the Galilee.
ISRAEL HAYOM: Five rockets were launched towards the city of Tiberias in the Galilee.
ISRAELI MEDIA: Huge explosions were heard in Tiberias.
IRANIAN FM: The situation has become dangerous and all possibilities are open.
MAARIV: The decision on a ground operation in Lebanon has not yet been taken, and confirmed that the army is ready for that.
ISRAELI ARMY RADIO: The number of Jewish immigrants to Israel has decreased by about 50% compared to the year before the war on Gaza.
MEHR: The Iranian parliament is holding a closed meeting to discuss the assassination of Hezbollah Secretary-General Hassan Nasrallah and developments in Lebanon.
Sunday, September 29, 08:00 am (GMT+2)
ISRAELI ARMY: The Sa’ar missile ship intercepted a drone on Sunday that was on its way to Israel in the Red Sea area.
Sunday, September 29, 07:00 am (GMT+2)
AL-MAYADEEN:
Israeli raids reached the borders of the Lebanese-Syrian border.
A series of Israeli raids on different areas of the Bekaa, the latest of which was on the vicinity of the city of Baalbek.
Israeli airstrike targets a cafe in the village of Chaqra, southern Lebanon.
The Lebanese movement Hezbollah confirmed in a statement on Saturday the killing of its Secretary-General, Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah, in an Israeli airstrike in a southern suburb of Beirut on Friday.
“His Eminence Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah, Secretary General of Hezbollah, joined his great and immortal martyrs, whose journey he led for nearly thirty years,” the statement read.
Hezbollah praised Nasrallah, stating that over the last three decades, “he led them from victory to victory, succeeding the master of the martyrs of the Islamic Resistance in 1992 until the liberation of Lebanon in 2000 and until the divine, sustaining victory in 2006 “.
“The leadership of Hezbollah pledges to the highest, holiest and most precious martyr in our journey, full of sacrifices and martyrs, to continue its jihad in confronting the enemy, in support of Gaza and Palestine, and in defense of Lebanon and its steadfast and honorable people,” the statement continued.
“Our leader, His Eminence, is still among us with his thought, spirit, line, and sacred approach, and you are in the pledge of loyalty and commitment to resistance and sacrifice until victory,” the group concluded.
The Palestinian Resistance movement Hamas also mourned Nasrallah in a statement.
“We remember his life and career full of sacrifices for the sake of liberating Jerusalem and the blessed Al-Aqsa Mosque,” the group said.
The statement also praised “the honorable positions supporting our Palestinian people, our valiant resistance, and our legitimate rightsì,” as well as “his insistence on continuing the heroic support front for our people and our resistance in the Al-Aqsa flood.
Nasrallah’s Assassination
The Israeli army said on Saturday that it assassinated Hezbollah’s Secretary-General Hassan Nasrallah when it launched a massive airstrike targeting a residential area in the southern suburbs of Beirut on the previous day.
According to the Lebanese news network Al-Mayadeen, at least six buildings were destroyed in the attack, which was reportedly carried out with 2,000-pound bunker-busting bombs.
According to the Lebanese Health Ministry, at least six people were killed and 91 were wounded. However, the death toll is likely to rise as the Lebanese Civil Defense said in a statement that hundreds of people are still missing.
At least 720 people have been killed and thousands were wounded in Israeli attacks across Lebanon, according to the country’s health ministry.
Lebanese Transport Minister Ali Hamieh instructed the Iranian plane to avoid entering Lebanese airspace after Israeli forces threatened to use force.
The Israeli army infiltrated the radio frequencies of the control tower at Beirut International Airport on Saturday and threatened to target an Iranian civilian aircraft if it attempted to land, according to sources from Lebanon’s Ministry of Public Works and Transport.
Israeli media later reported that the plane had turned back.
The sources reportedly confirmed Lebanese Transport Minister Ali Hamieh instructed the Iranian plane to avoid entering Lebanese airspace and to refrain from landing at Rafic Hariri International Airport after Israeli forces threatened to use force.
Earlier, Israeli military spokesperson Daniel Hagari warned that the Israeli army would not permit the transfer of weapons to Hezbollah, including through Beirut International Airport.
“We are aware of Iranian arms transfers to Hezbollah, and we will take action to prevent them,” Hagari said.
However, Hamieh dismissed these claims in televised remarks, refuting the Israeli allegations.
He emphasized that Beirut International Airport is “strictly civilian” and clarified that any military aircraft activity at the airport is subject to the exclusive approval of the Lebanese army.
Ongoing Aggression
The Israeli army claimed on Saturday that it assassinated Hezbollah’s Secretary-General Hassan Nasrallah when it launched a massive airstrike targeting a residential area in the southern suburbs of Beirut on Friday.
According to the Lebanese news network Al-Mayadeen, at least six buildings were destroyed in the attack, which was reportedly carried out with 2,000-pound bunker-busting bombs.
According to the Lebanese Health Ministry, at least six people were killed and 91 were wounded. However, the death toll is likely to rise as the Lebanese Civil Defense said in a statement that hundreds of people are still missing.
At least 720 people have been killed and thousands were wounded in the ongoing Israeli aggression across Lebanon, according to the country’s health ministry.
An Israeli strike in the city of Bekaa. (Photo: via social media)
Israeli media has reported explosions in Tel Aviv and other areas of central Israel, while five rocket barrages were launched from southern Lebanon toward Israeli positions in the Galilee.
In response, the Israeli military bombed the Bekaa region in eastern Lebanon and the southern suburbs of Beirut.
The Israeli army confirmed monitoring five rockets fired from Lebanon, one of which landed in an open area in central Israel.
Israeli Channel 12 reported that 16 rockets were fired from Lebanon towards the Galilee, with one landing in the sea near Nahariya.
Sirens were activated in more than 100 locations across the Galilee and Marj Ibn Amer, as reported by the Walla news site.
A civilian cries for help beneath the rubble of a building struck by an Israeli airstrike in the southern suburbs of Beirut. pic.twitter.com/PXtZwEYXx1
The Israeli Home Front Command confirmed that sirens were sounding in the Upper and Central Galilee, northern Golan Heights, and Safed areas, while Israeli radio mentioned continuous sirens in Haifa Bay, Wadi Ara, and northern West Bank settlements.
Hezbollah later claimed responsibility for bombing the Kabri settlement with a barrage of Fadi-1 missiles and targeting the Israeli Ramat David air base near Haifa with Fadi-3 missiles.
The group stated that the attack was in solidarity with the Palestinian people in Gaza and in response to Israel’s ongoing military operations in Lebanon.
The Fadi missiles, used by Hezbollah for the first time in the current conflict, are area-effect weapons that target wide zones rather than specific points.
AL-MAYADEEN: Lebanon: Medium-range missiles were fired from Lebanon towards northern occupied Palestine.
This was Hezbollah’s first operation following an intense night of Israeli airstrikes, during which over 40 raids hit various areas, marking the most significant attack since the 2006 war. The Israeli army claimed to have targeted Hezbollah ammunition production sites, but Hezbollah denied this.
Meanwhile, Israeli forces continued attacks on Lebanon’s Bekaa Valley.
Israeli warplanes also carried out multiple raids on buildings in Beirut’s southern suburbs, resulting in large fires and severe destruction.
Although the exact number of casualties was unclear, reports indicated at least eight deaths, according to the Lebanese News Agency.
Additional raids targeted the towns of Adloun, Zrarieh, and Kafour in southern Lebanon, as well as areas in Mount Lebanon and the central Bekaa Valley.
In eastern Lebanon, towns in the Baalbek district were hit with multiple Israeli airstrikes, and more than 20 towns across southern Lebanon were bombarded after midnight.
In response, Lebanon’s Ministry of Health called on hospitals outside the affected zones to prepare to receive casualties.
Since Monday, Israel has conducted the most intense attack on Lebanon in years, with 726 reported deaths and 2,173 injuries by Friday morning.
“This is an expression of Israel’s insistence on committing genocide against Palestinians in the enclave.”
Israel has destroyed hundreds of dunams of agricultural land, depriving Palestinians in the northern Gaza Strip of agricultural land and resources vital to survival, according to the Euro-Med Human Rights Monitor.
“This destruction is part of a larger Israeli plan that dates back to last October,” Euro-Med said in a report published” on September 26.” Under this plan, Israeli forces have worked to eliminate almost 80% of the agricultural land in the Gaza Strip from use by Palestinians.”
Israel has done this either “by isolating it in preparation for its forcible annexation to the so-called ‘buffer zone’ or by bulldozing or destroying it by other means, such as bombardment—all of which are in violation of international law.”
“This is an expression of Israel’s insistence on committing genocide against Palestinians in the enclave,” the Geneva-based rights group said.
The Euro-Med field team in Gaza said that in the early hours of Tuesday, September 25, Israeli forces stormed the area of Al-Shimaa in Beit Lahia, northern Gaza, accompanied by military bulldozers.
They began their bulldozing operations, destroying “more than 500 dunums of newly replanted agricultural land, which was supposed to sustain the needs of the people living in northern Gaza, who are subject to an arbitrary siege and systematic starvation by Israel.”
‘Security Zone’
Yousef Saqr Abu Rabie, a 24-year-old farmer in Beit Lahia, told Euro-Med that even though his land is outside of the “security zone” established by Israel at the start of the war, it was bulldozed.
His now-bulldozed crops had been bearing fruit that the people of northern Gaza were depending on, given Israel’s restrictions on the entry of fruits and vegetables into the northern Gazan markets, said Euro-Med.
Gaza: Israel’s destruction of hundreds of dunams of agricultural land is expression of its insistence on committing genocide https://t.co/MlWLDXLfXt
Israeli forces have bulldozed or destroyed all agricultural lands along the “security fence” separating the eastern and northern Gaza Strip “at a depth of nearly two kilometres, removing approximately 96 square kilometres” of land.
This, said the rights group, was “in a clear attempt to annex them to its ‘buffer zone’, in violation of international law.”
An Israeli “buffer” road and zone splitting Gaza City through its centre, meanwhile, and the creation of Israel’s Netzarim axis to keep sections of the Strip separate, “have resulted in the destruction of approximately three square kilometres of agricultural lands.”
“Thus, the agricultural lands destroyed by Israel to enable the creation of its ‘buffer’ areas, specifically, represent about 27.5% of the Gaza Strip,” the report said.
Land ‘Off Limits’ to Farmers
It also noted that the Israeli army has worked to destroy almost all buildings and facilities on the vast majority of these lands, which are now within the “buffer zone” and are off-limits to residents and farmers.
“These lands represented the majority of agricultural land in the Gaza Strip and included hundreds of farms built on hundreds of dunams that were planted with vegetables and fruits, as well as hundreds of farms raising poultry and livestock.”
Outside of this “buffer zone”, additional land has also been destroyed by Israeli incursions or aerial and artillery bombardment, resulting in the destruction of at least 34 square kilometres of agricultural land and the streets that service it, said Euro-Med.
“This brings the total percentage of destroyed land in the Gaza Strip to 36.9%, or more than 75% of the Strip’s area designated for agriculture,” the report stated.
In addition to Israel’s destruction of thousands of farms, greenhouses, water wells, tanks, and stores housing agricultural equipment, Euro-Med Monitor field teams recorded “the intentional killing of numerous farmers while these individuals were working or attempting to access their lands.”
Fishermen Killed
Since Israel’s attack on Gaza last October, the Israeli army “has also killed several fishermen and destroyed the majority of fishing boats and fishing ports” in the enclave.
“These actions have negatively impacted the availability of healthy food for over 2.2 million Palestinians living in the Strip, and the repercussions of this are expected to last for years after the withdrawal of the Israeli military.”
Farmers are also finding it difficult or impossible to access areas that have been spared from the Israeli bombing, due to the ongoing bombardment and ground incursions into numerous areas.
“Additionally, the lack of electricity, destruction of water wells, and scarcity of fuel all make it difficult to cultivate new areas and irrigate them with water,” said the report.
This, it added, occurs while aid supplies are being blocked from reaching residents and displaced people in the enclave by Israeli forces.
Soil, Air, Water Quality
The ongoing Israeli military assaults “have detrimental effects” on soil, air, water quality, agricultural land, public health, and the environment.
“These effects compound over time, and at some point, may result in startling increases in the death rate,” the report noted.
The rights group emphasized that the “internationally recognised human right to food, water, and sanitation is a basic right that protects population health and dignity.”
“It can only be realised if the international community puts an end to Israel’s crime of genocide; removes the illegal blockade on the Gaza Strip; and salvages what remains of the besieged enclave, which is currently uninhabitable on all fronts,” Euro-Med stressed.
“Delays will cause the Strip to deteriorate further, cost more civilian lives, and heavily affect people’s health outcomes,” it added.
According to Gaza’s Ministry of Health, 41,534 Palestinians have been killed, and 96,092 wounded in Israel’s ongoing genocide in Gaza starting on October 7.
Moreover, at least 11,000 people are unaccounted for, presumed dead under the rubble of their homes throughout the Strip.
Displaced communities “live in overcrowded shelters and lack cleaning supplies, hygiene kits and diapers, as well as clothes and infant formula for babies.” Stephane Dujarric
Nearly 90 percent of coordinated humanitarian aid movements between northern and southern Gaza have been either denied or impeded this month by Israel, according to the United Nations.
“Humanitarian aid movements in Gaza continue to face significant access constraints,” UN spokesperson Stephane Dujarric told a press briefing on Friday. “Nearly 90 percent of coordinated humanitarian response movements between northern and southern Gaza so far in September have been either denied or impeded.”
He said displaced Palestinians continue to live “in abysmal conditions,” which are expected to further deteriorate in the forthcoming cold and rainy winter weather.
“That would be the second winter that civilians in Gaza have to face” in those conditions, Dujarric noted.
Assessments recently conducted in two collective shelters in Deir al Balah and Khan Younis found that at both sites, displaced communities “live in overcrowded shelters and lack cleaning supplies, hygiene kits and diapers, as well as clothes and infant formula for babies.”
West Bank
He also highlighted the situation in the occupied West Bank, saying that the number of “internal movement obstacles” deployed by Israeli forces has increased by more than 20 percent since June of last year.
“The cumulative impact of obstruction to movement has been devastating, further entrenching the fragmentation in the West Bank, disrupting access to livelihoods and services for thousands of Palestinians, which is aggravating the already difficult conditions in which many live,” Dujarric emphasized.
Israeli occupation forces target journalist and emergency medical workers with teargas during the weekly anti-occupation protest in the town of Beita, the occupied West Bank. pic.twitter.com/tfRx9vM4Lq
In just one week — between 17 and 23 September — 11 Palestinians were killed, including two children, he said, adding that these “included exchanges of fire and an airstrike.”
Meanwhile, health facilities in the West Bank are also impacted by Israel’s actions.
Citing the WHO (World Health Organization), Dujarric said that from October 7 of last year to July 30 of this year, 527 attacks — including obstruction of access, use of force, detention and militarized searches — were reported on healthcare facilities in the region.
“These have impacted 54 healthcare facilities, including 20 mobile clinics, in addition to 365 ambulances,” said the spokesperson.
Lebanon
On the Lebanese front, Dujarric said the “recent escalation in the country is nothing short of catastrophic, with the surge in violence extending to previously unaffected areas.”
This has led to “the widespread destruction” of homes and infrastructure across Lebanon.
He pointed out that in less than a week, “at least 700 human lives have been lost, thousands have been injured, and nearly 120,000 people have been displaced, with these numbers continuing to rise as we speak,” due to Israel’s attacks on the country.
He said the main needs of those affected “include safe shelters, core relief items, healthcare, cash assistance and protection services.”
In total, since October of 2023, more than 1,500 civilians have been killed in Lebanon and 200,000 people have been forced to flee their homes, according to Dujarric.
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The moment Nasrallah’s body was retrieved from a deep crater in Beirut. (Photo: video grab) 
Israel targeted healthcare services during its aggression on Lebanon. (Photo: via social media) 
At least 11 paramedics were killed by Israeli airstrikes on Lebanon. (Photo: via social media) 
Hezbollah Secretary-General Hassan Nasrallah. (Photo: Hezbollah military media) 
Israel continued its aggression on Lebanon. (Photo: via video grab) 
Hezbollah confirmed the assassination of its leader, Hassan Nasrallah. (Photo: via Hezbollah military media) 
Aerial view of Beirut Airport. (Photo: Ian Lim, via Wikimedia Commons) 
An Israeli strike in the city of Bekaa. (Photo: via social media) 
Israel flooded dozens of homes and hundreds of dunums of agricultural lands in Gaza. (Photo: Mahmoud Ajjour, The Palestine Chronicle) 
Displaced Palestinians fetch water in Rafah. (Photo: Mahmoud Ajjour, The Palestine Chronicle) 
