MÉRIDA, Mexico -. The Israeli army announced this Saturday the assassination of Hasan Nasrallah, the top leader for 32 years of the extremist paramilitary group Hezbollah.
The announcement was made after it became known on Friday that Israel unleashed a bombardment with projectiles weighing up to one ton and capable of penetrating bunkers in a southern residential area of Beirut, where Nasrallah was located.
“Nasrallah was responsible for the murder of numerous Israeli civilians and soldiers and for the planning and execution of thousands of terrorist activities. “He was responsible for directing and carrying out terrorist attacks around the world in which civilians of various nationalities were murdered,” reads the Israeli army statement.
Likewise, Nasrallah’s death was confirmed by the paramilitary group after which dozens of people took to the streets of the Lebanese capital to mourn the deceased. refers The Country.
The Cuban regime has condemned the assassination of Nasrallah.
“We condemn the cowardly targeted assassination of Hassan Nasrallah, Secretary General of Hezbollah, as a result of the attack perpetrated by Israel against residential buildings in the southern suburb of Beirut, causing destruction and death of innocent civilians,” reads a tweet from ruler Miguel Diaz-Canel.
“This fact seriously threatens regional and global peace and security, whose total responsibility falls on Israel with the complicity of the United States,” he adds.
Other Hezbollah commanders died as a result of the attacks, such as Ali Karaki, head of the southern front.
The six bombings launched this week by Israel in a densely populated area of the Lebanese capital are feared to have caused the death of a large number of civilians.
The assassination of Nasrallah had previously been on the table for Israel, but had been ruled out due to the escalation of war it could unleash.
