Iranian President Masud Pesehkiyan stated that the order to destroy the leader of the Hezbollah movement, Hassan Nasrullah, was given to Israel from the US. His words are reported by the Iranian agency ISNA.
Earlier, the Israeli Defense Army announced that the leader of the Hezbollah movement, Hassan Nasrullah, was killed as a result of an Israeli air force attack in Beirut on Friday. This operation was given the code name “New Order”. The Hezbollah movement confirmed the death of its leader.
“The international community will not forget that the order for this terrorist act was given from New York. Americans cannot deny their involvement in assisting Israel,” he said.
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A series of approximately ten explosions occurred in Beirut on Friday, reported by the RIA Novosti correspondent.
According to Brigadier General Daniel Hagari, the press secretary of the Israeli Defense Army (IDF), the Israeli air force carried out a pinpoint air strike on the main headquarters of Hezbollah in Beirut, which is located under residential buildings in the center of the Dahia district.
As a result of the attack, the leader of the Hezbollah movement, Hassan Nasrullah, was killed. The Hezbollah movement confirmed the death of its leader.
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According to an Israeli official, Israel warned the US about the attack several minutes before the strikes. However, President Joe Biden stated that Washington did not know about the Israeli operation and did not participate in it. Israel’s Permanent Representative to the UN, Danny Danon, noted that Israel is not ready to confirm that the target of its attack on Beirut on Friday was Nasrullah.
