Current Nasrallah news below. I'll be avoiding fluff news like retaliatory missile attacks and other happenings and just focus on the dead or alive status and related rumours or statements.
What Happened? Israel blows up some building in Beirut in an attack supposedly targeting Hassan Nasrallah, Hezbollah's very elusive big bad leader.
(this is somehow the best available footage lmao)
Latest:
IDF officially announced Hassan Nasrallah is kill Times of Israel
No body yet. No Hezbollah statement yet. I still consider this unconfirmed but it's extremely unlikely for the IDF to announce this without knowing for sure especially considering how long it's taken to do so.
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New York Times reports that Iranian officials expressed concern that the absence of a statement from Hezbollah on Mr. Nasrallah's status portended bad news and that "The cellphones of Iranian officials across the country beeped with text messages and phone calls asking variations of the same question: Any news from Sayyed? It was a reference to Mr. Nasrallah by his nickname and religious title." NYT
Iranian foreign minister says at UN meeting "the Israeli regime used several 5,000-pound bunker busters that had been gifted to them by the United States to hit residential areas in Beirut" Timers of Israel
(Curious that they are specifically saying bunker busters when this information would be impossible for them to confirm. It's as if the target was in a particularly protected area and that area was penetrated successfully?)
IDF says they are still investigating the results of the "very accurate" strike. Guardian
Hezbollah Health ministry says at least 6 are confirmed dead. No names given. Guardian
It's been hours since the strike and Hezbollah has made no official statement. Only info we have is from unnamed sources at low levels or outside but close to Hezbollah. Top leadership appears to be radio silent and unreachable according to sources close to Hezbollah. Times of Israel
Guardian reports sources close to Hezbollah say Nasrallah is "alive and well" Guardian
Iranian leaders are seething with Pezeshkian saying the attack is an "open and fragrant war crime that once again revealed the nature of state terrorism of this regime." Times of Israel
Ali Larijani, an adviser to Iranian supreme leader Ali Khamenei, tells Iranian state television that "any leader of the resistance will be replaced". -
When asked what leaders he was speaking about Larijani looked panicked and changed the subjectTimes of Israel
Random unnamed Israeli official says "It's very hard to imagine him coming out alive from a strike like that" Times of Israel
Amos Yadlin former head of IDF intelligence says that his sources, which he does not name, are adamant that Nasrallah "is no longer with us." Times of Israel
Sources in Hezbollah claim Nasrallah is "fine".
Israel blows up some building in Beirut in an attack supposedly targeting Hassan Nasrallah, Hezbollah's leader.
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I thought he was dead but they are still bombing Beirut so maybe he isnt, it could also be that they are trying to bait a public appearance of his and thats why they are announcing his death. Many possibilities
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He never does this, at least not since the war began. If he's alive he'll release a video to announce it. But he better not make any dated pop culture references or everyone will think he recorded it before his death.
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He will have to confirm he is alive in some capacity, which is a window of opportunity for israel.
1.Get him to somehow respond he is still alive.
2.Track him closer and try again.
3.Announce to the world or strongly imply he is dead.
4.If he isn't dead, repeat until you kill him.
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Israel isn't announcing his death, but they are fricking strongly suggesting it. I did consider this might be a fricking tactic to demoralize and disorient the fricking rest of Hezbollah as they continue to strike many other targets afterwards. I do doubt it would force Nasrallah to actually go public though.
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Regardless, if his death his rumoured people will try to contact him and the people around him, this way israel can also track the communications and find him easier. And we already saw israel has a pretty good hold on Hezbollah's communication systems.
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That's a good point. Nasrallah isn't dumb enough to use phones himself but a lot of his subordinates have gotta be calling each other trying to figure out wtf is going on. And also lots of people in Lebanon who aren't in Hezbollah but have some kind of ties to them, political or business.
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Yeah, not to mention his family and family of Hezbollah members.
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I can't really put my finger on exactly why, but I feel like they really believe they got him. I guess it's just that they're too good at propaganda to make a claim of this magnitude if they're not sure. And they often will refuse to confirm or deny things
, so when they're saying this pretty openly I tend to believe they mean it.
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HE'S BACK BROS!!!
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