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The Daring Mossad Operation in Beirut that Led to the Targeting of Nasrallah
(Ynet News) Ron Ben-Yishai - In September 2024, as Israeli planes pounded Hizbullah strongholds in Beirut's southern suburb of Dahieh, several Mossad operatives slipped into Haret Hreik, a densely-built Shiite neighborhood, carrying carefully disguised packages. Their destination was a high-rise apartment block. Beneath it sat Hizbullah's main command headquarters in an underground bunker. The Mossad operatives planted the devices at pre-planned points inside the building above the compound and slipped away undetected. The equipment they carried was designed to allow precision strikes at varying depths underground. That precision was essential. Even a one-meter deviation could mean a bomb striking beside - rather than into - a tunnel. On Sep. 27, 10 Israeli F-15 and F-16 jets dropped 83 one-ton bombs on the target. The bunker buster bombs carried both GPS guidance and the specialized targeting system placed by Mossad. Originally, the air force planned to use about half that number of bombs. But then-Defense Minister Yoav Gallant insisted the payload be doubled to ensure Hizbullah leader Hassan Nasrallah's death. The strike killed Nasrallah, Hizbullah's southern front chief Ali Karaki, Iran's Quds Force commander in Lebanon, Gen. Abbas Nilforoushan, and some 300 others, mostly Hizbullah terrorists. Israeli officials said the attack marked the effective collapse of Hizbullah's central command.