Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s visit to New York was aimed at “deceiving” Hassan Nasrallah, an Israeli official has said. Netanyahu’s speech at the United Nations was part of a “diversionary plan,” officials told the Telegraph. Prime Minister Nasrallah was the leader of Hezbollah. He was killed after the Israeli attack on Beirut on Friday.
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Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s recent speech at the United Nations in New York was aimed at “deceiving” Hezbollah commander-in-chief Hassan Nasrallah and giving him a false sense of security, Israel says. a senior official told the Telegraph.
The purpose of the diversionary plan was to make Prime Minister Nasrallah believe that Israel would not take major military action in Netanyahu’s absence.
“Prime Minister Netanyahu authorized the attack before speaking at the United Nations,” the official said.
The Israel Defense Forces announced Saturday that Nasrallah, who led Hezbollah since 1992, was killed in Friday’s Beirut attack.
The Israel Defense Forces said the attack targeted Hezbollah’s central headquarters, which the group had built under a residential building.
He added that senior Hezbollah commanders were meeting there at the time of the attack.
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Hezbollah later confirmed Nasrallah’s death and vowed to continue its fight against Israel “in support of Gaza and Palestine, and in the defense of Lebanon.”
Hezbollah later confirmed that two other senior officers, Southern Front Commander Ali Karaki and Hezbollah Preventive Security Forces Commander Nabil Kauk, a member of the group’s executive council, were also killed in the airstrike.
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said in a speech to the United Nations that Israel “will continue to undermine Hezbollah until all our goals are achieved.”
Following the news of Nasrallah’s death, President Joe Biden said in a statement: “The United States fully supports Israel’s right to protect it from Hezbollah, Hamas, the Houthis, and other Iranian-backed terrorist groups.”
“Ultimately, our aim is to defuse the ongoing conflicts in both Gaza and Lebanon through diplomatic means,” he added.
Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Khamenei condemned Nasrallah’s killing in a series of statements on Saturday.
Reuters reported on Saturday, citing two unnamed regional officials briefed by the Iranian government, that Khameini was later taken to a safe location as Iran tightens security following Israel’s attack on Lebanon. It is said that it was moved to
