Israel Strikes Headquarters In Beirut, Hezbollah Leader Hassan Nasrallah Cannot Be Contacted

The leader of Hezbollah Hassan Nasrallah. (Wikimedia Commons/Khademei.ir)

JAKARTA - Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah could not be reached following an Israeli attack on the southern suburbs of Beirut on Friday, September 27 evening.

This information was conveyed by a source close to the Lebanese armed group to Reuters, Saturday, September 28.

A few hours after the attack, Hezbollah has yet to give a statement regarding his fate.

Sources close to Hezbollah said Nasrallah was still alive. Meanwhile, Iran's Tasnim news agency also reported he survived.

A senior Iranian security official said Tehran was checking its status.

As previously reported, several major explosions rocked the Lebanese capital, Beirut. Israel said its troops attacked Hezbollah's headquarters by airstrikes.

CNN geolocated videos shared on social media showing a lot of thick smoke in the southern suburbs known as Dahiyeh, following the attack.

Dahiyeh is a densely populated area with a strong presence of Hezbollah, as well as the basis for many leaders of the group.

Israeli Defense Forces (IDF) spokesman Daniel Yahvi said in a short video statement that the Israeli military attacked Hezbollah's headquarters.

"Some time ago, the IDF carried out an exact attack on the headquarters of the terror organization Hezbollah which became the epicenter of the Hezbollah terror," said kazi as quoted by CNN, Friday, September 27.

Hezbollah's terror base was deliberately built under a residential building in the heart of Beirut's city, as part of Hezbollah's strategy in using a human shield, he added.