Israel claimed it had struck Hezbollah’s central headquarters under residential buildings in Beirut this afternoon after Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu vowed to continue the fight against the ‘terror organisation’.

Huge clouds of smoke towered over Beirut this afternoon following the heaviest attack on the capital in nearly a year of conflict. Residents said they heard multiple blasts from Israeli ‘shelling’, according to journalist Mounir Rabih, on the ground.

Unconfirmed reports suggest that Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah was the target of the attack. The IDF did not mention whether Nasrallah was a target or believed to be present. Hezbollah’s Al-Manar TV reported that Israeli strikes had destroyed four buildings in the southern suburbs of Beirut, causing many casualties. The IDF subsequently confirmed it had attacked Hezbollah in Da’aheh, Beirut on its social media pages.

‘As of this time, there is no change in the directives of the Home Front Command. We will update any changes immediately on the official platforms of the Home Front Command,’ it said.

Reports of attacks came minutes after Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu gave a defiant speech at the UN General Assembly, vowing to continue striking Hezbollah in Lebanon until Israel achieves ‘total victory’.

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