Iran spy's tip-off helped Israel kill Hezbollah chief Nasrallah: Report

A crucial tip-off from an Iranian mole instigated Israel to launch a deadly airstrike in Lebanon's capital Beirut that killed Hezbollah chief Hassan Nasrallah at the terror group's headquarters.

In Short

• Nasrallah killed in Israeli airstrike at Hezbollah headquarters
• Israeli forces got details of high-end Hezbollah meeting
• A six-building complex in Beirut blown by Israel in airstrike

Israeli authorities received a tip-off about Hezbollah chief Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah's location from an Iranian mole just hours before he was killed in an airstrike in Lebanon's capital Beirut, according to French newspaper Le Parisien.

The report, citing a Lebanese security source, revealed that the secret agent provided information indicating that Nasrallah would be present at Hezbollah's underground headquarters in the southern suburbs of Beirut, where he was attending a meeting with senior members of the terror group.

At around 1.30 pm IST (11 am in Lebanon) on Saturday the Israel Defense Forces (IDF), in a post on X, informed that Nasrallah was killed in an airstrike and will no longer be able to terrorise the world.

"Hassan Nasrallah will no longer be able to terrorize the world," the IDF said in the post. Later in the day, Hezbollah confirmed the news and issued a statement which read, "Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah... has joined his great, immortal martyr comrades whom he led for about 30 years".

The Le Parisien report also stated that Israeli officials received a crucial tip off from an Iranian mole on Saturday afternoon, which alerted them of the imminent arrival of a prominent Shiite leader at the Hezbollah headquarters, a six-building complex located in the heart of Dahieh, the southern suburbs of Beirut.

Another prominent Hezbollah leader, Nabil Kaouk, was also killed in the latest string of Israeli strikes in Lebanon that targeted many of the terror group's senior figures.

Hezbollah, however, has not yet commented on Kaouk's death, but its supporters have been posting mourning messages for him since Saturday.

Lebanon's health ministry has reported that 33 people were killed during Israeli airstrikes on Saturday. Over the past two weeks, more than 1,000 people have lost their lives, and at least 6,000 others have been wounded in Lebanon due to ongoing Israeli attacks. The ministry did not clarify the breakdown between civilian and combatant casualties.

In a recent televised address, Nasrallah acknowledged that Hezbollah had suffered an "unprecedented blow" following Israel's detonation of explosive-rigged pagers and wakie-talkies.

The attacks resulted in the deaths of 37 people in two days and left nearly 3,000 wounded. In response, Hezbollah issued a stark warning to Israel, vowing "tough retribution and just punishment, both in expected and unexpected ways".

An investigation by Lebanese authorities revealed that the pagers had been booby-trapped, as reported by news agency AFP. Hezbollah had reportedly switched to using pagers and walkie-talkies after Israeli forces intercepted their cellphone communications.