Hezbollah-linked outlet publishes last image of Nasrallah

The pro-Hezbollah, pro-Iran Al Mayadeen news outlet on Saturday published what it claimed was the last image of Hezbollah terrorist chief Hassan Nasrallah, on the first anniversary of his targeted killing by Israel.

The Beirut-based outlet said the photo was taken in Hezbollah’s operations room just days before Nasrallah was killed in an Israeli airstrike in the city’s southern Dahiyeh suburbs.

Also on Saturday, the IDF’s Intelligence Directorate revealed that in the days preceding the elimination of Nasrallah, and following the Mossad’s beeper operation, Hezbollah’s terror master remained in place, unaware that he was next in line.

While Nasrallah was attempting to rebuild the organization’s capabilities and to plan counterattacks, precise intelligence gathered by the IDF over the years “enabled accurate identification of the location of his secret bunker, which was constructed using Iranian technology and remained highly compartmentalized, even within the organization’s most inner circles,” the IDF Spokesperson’s Unit said.

Exactly one year ago, the Israeli Air Force struck the bunker with 83 bombs simultaneously. Nasrallah was killed together with Ali Karkhi, commander of the terrorist organization’s “Southern Front,” i.e. in Southern Lebanon, and additional senior commanders present in Hezbollah’s underground headquarters.

The IAF conducted the massive strike targeting Hezbollah’s headquarters, built underground beneath residential buildings, in the heart of the Dahiyeh district on Sept. 27, 2024.

The operation to kill Nasrallah was named “New Order.”

A ceasefire between Israel and Hezbollah in Lebanon took effect on Nov. 27, 2024, ending nearly 14 months of war. Hezbollah launched some 16,000 rockets, missiles and drones at Israel after joining the conflict in support of Hamas on Oct. 8, 2023, a day after the Gaza-based terrorist organization’s massacre in the northwestern Negev.

The situation in Lebanon remains volatile following the end of the ceasefire with Beirut on Feb. 18. The IDF has since carried out regular strikes in Lebanon to enforce the truce, including one on Friday that targeted a Hezbollah precision weapons manufacturing facility in the Beqaa Valley, about 20 miles east of Beirut.

Although Jerusalem has withdrawn most of its ground forces since the war ended, it still controls five strategic sites in Southern Lebanon. Israeli officials have stated that the IDF will retain these positions until the Lebanese army demonstrates it can maintain security.

Lebanese Foreign Minister Youssef Raggi said on Sept. 9 that the country’s armed forces would fully disarm Hezbollah in Southern Lebanon within three months.