Israeli airstrike in Beirut targeted Hezbollah leader, officials say (original) (raw)

BEIRUT — A massive Israeli airstrike leveled several residential buildings in the southern suburbs of Beirut on Friday evening in what Israel’s military said was an attack aimed at the “central headquarters” of Hezbollah, the Lebanese militant group.

Hasan Nasrallah, Hezbollah’s secretary general, was the target of the strike, according to a person familiar with information Israel provided later to the United States, who spoke on the condition of anonymity about the sensitive matter.