For many hours, the confirmation of the news of the assassination of the Secretary-General of the Hezbollah group in Lebanon, Hassan Nasrallah, remained under questions, until the official obituary was announced by the party this Saturday afternoon.

However, Israeli officials revealed that Hezbollah members found and identified the body of their leader, at dawn, that is, hours after the party’s leadership headquarters in Haret Hreik in the southern suburb of Beirut was targeted, according to the New York Times.

They added that the Israeli army decided to carry out the operation because it believed that Nasrallah would only stay for a short period before disappearing in a different place.

They revealed that more than 80 bombs were thrown over a period of several minutes to kill him, without revealing the weight or type of the bombs.

They also continued that party members found Nasrallah's body and identified him early today, along with the body of one of the senior military commanders, Ali Karaki, citing intelligence information obtained by Israeli officials from inside Lebanon.

"Continuing the fight against Israel"

It is noteworthy that Israeli websites published that the operation, which the Israelis called “New Regime,” was carried out while senior Hezbollah officers at the headquarters were participating in coordinating operations against Israel.

The attack began after Air Force planes dropped 80 MK84 “Heavy Hide” bunker-busting bombs, weighing one ton, according to a report by the “Israeli Broadcasting Corporation.”

While each bomb is capable of penetrating fortifications at a depth ranging between 50 to 70 meters underground.

The unit that carried out the operation was “Unit 119” in the Israeli Army Air Force, known as “Bat”, while the aircraft that carried out the attack were “F-15” aircraft.

According to the Israeli "Channel 13", Hezbollah's main headquarters is located on the 14th floor underground.

The Israeli army announced on Saturday that Nasrallah was killed in the raid that targeted the party’s leadership headquarters in the southern suburb of Beirut on Friday. Then Hezbollah announced the killing of its Secretary-General, Hassan Nasrallah, “joining his comrades whose march he led for nearly thirty years,” as he put it.