New Delhi. Hours before Hezbollah leader Sayyid Hassan Nasrallah was killed in an airstrike in Beirut, Lebanon, an Iranian spy tipped off Israeli officials about his whereabouts. This disclosure has been made by the French newspaper Le Parisien.
Le Parisien reports, citing a security source in Lebanon, that the spy had informed Israeli authorities that Nasrallah had traveled to Hezbollah’s underground headquarters in the southern suburbs of Beirut to attend a meeting with several top members of the organization. Will be in.
At around 1.30 pm yesterday (11 am Lebanon time), the Israeli Defense Forces said in a post on Twitter, “Hassan Nasrallah will no longer be able to terrorize the world.” Later in the day, Hezbollah confirmed the news. “Sayyid Hassan Nasrallah… has joined his great, immortal martyred companions, whom he led for nearly 30 years,” the statement said.
According to a New York Times report, Israel’s recent successes against Hezbollah are a direct result of the country’s decision to devote far more intelligence resources to targeting Hezbollah following its 2006 war with the Iran-backed group.
The report said Israeli military and intelligence agencies failed to achieve a decisive victory in that 34-day conflict. The war ended with a UN-brokered ceasefire, allowing Hezbollah, despite its losses, to regroup and prepare for the next war.
In the years that followed, Israel devoted enormous resources to gathering information about Hezbollah’s leadership and strategy.
The NYT reports that Israel’s signals intelligence agency Unit 8200 created sophisticated cyber tools to better intercept Hezbollah’s cellphones and other communications. It said new teams were formed within the combat ranks to ensure that valuable information was passed on to the troops and air force as quickly as possible.