Israel strikes Hezbollah’s HQ in huge blast targeting militant group’s leader

Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah was the target of the strikes on the group’s headquarters, according to two sources, including one US official

Smoke rises from Israeli air strikes in Beirut’s southern suburbs (AP Photo/Hassan Ammar)

The Israeli military has struck Hezbollah’s headquarters in Beirut in a series of massive explosions that targeted the leader of the militant group and levelled multiple high-rise apartment buildings.

The biggest blast to hit the Lebanese capital in the past year appeared likely to push the escalating conflict closer to full-fledged war, and at least six people were killed and 91 were wounded, Lebanon’s health ministry said.