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Line 5: <noinclude>{{Requested move notice|1=27 September 2024 Beirut attacks|2=Talk:2024 Hezbollah headquarters strike#Requested move 27 September 2024}} </noinclude> {{Infobox |name | | | coordinates = {{Wikidatacoord|Q130374882|type:event_region:|display=inline,title}}▼ | | date = 27 September 2024▼ |
|location = [[Haret Hreik]], Dahieh, Lebanon ▲| image = IAF - Operation New Order - 04.jpg ▲ | ▲| caption = An [[F-15I]] departing an Israeli air base on 27 September 2024, carrying guided ammunition for the airstrike |map_type = Lebanon▼
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▲ |executed ▲| label = Dahieh |
|fatalities = 33+ (including Nasrallah)
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▲| map_caption = Location within Lebanon ▲| target = [[Hassan Nasrallah]] ▲| type = [[Airstrike]]
▲| perpetrator = {{air force|Israel}} }} On 27 September 2024, [[Hassan Nasrallah]], the [[secretary-general of Hezbollah]], was assassinated in an Israeli airstrike in [[Beirut]].<ref name=":01">{{Cite web |agency=AFP |title=Hezbollah Confirms Leader Nasrallah's Death |url=https://www.barrons.com/news/hezbollah-confirms-leader-nasrallah-s-death-c942b7a5 |access-date=28 September 2024 |website=Barron's |language=en-US }}</ref><ref name=":12">{{Cite web |date=28 September 2024 |title=Hezbollah confirms its leader Hassan Nasrallah was killed in an Israeli airstrike |url=https://apnews.com/article/lebanon-israel-hezbollah-airstrikes-28-september-2024-c4751957433ff944c4eb06027885a973 |access-date=28 September 2024 |website=AP News |language=en |archive-date=28 September 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240928081831/https://apnews.com/article/lebanon-israel-hezbollah-airstrikes-28-september-2024-c4751957433ff944c4eb06027885a973 |url-status=live }}</ref> The strike took place while Hezbollah leaders were meeting at a [[Hezbollah Headquarters|headquarters]] located underground beneath residential buildings in [[Haret Hreik]] in the [[Dahieh]] suburb to the south of Beirut.<ref name=":12" /><ref name="Haaretz" /> Conducted by the [[Israeli Air Force]] using [[F-15I]] fighters,<ref>{{Cite web |last=Epstein |first=Jake |title=Israel appeared to use US-made 2,000-pound bombs in the strike that killed Hezbollah's chief |url=https://www.businessinsider.com/israel-likely-used-bunker-buster-bombs-strike-kill-hezbollah-chief-2024-9 |access-date=2024-09-30 |website=Business Insider |language=en-US}}</ref> the operation involved dropping more than 80 bombs,<ref name=":5" /> including US-made {{Convert|2,000|lb|kg|adj=on}} [[Bunker buster|bunker buster bombs]], destroying the underground headquarters as well as nearby buildings.<ref name="Reuters-202422">{{Cite news |date=27 September 2024 |title=Israeli airstrikes rock Beirut, target Hezbollah command |url=https://www.reuters.com/world/middle-east/israel-continue-ceasefire-discussions-lebanon-netanyahu-says-2024-09-27/ |access-date=27 September 2024 |work=Reuters }}</ref><ref name="AP-News-2024a">{{Cite web |date=27 September 2024 |title=Israel says it struck Hezbollah's headquarters as huge explosions rocked Beirut |url=https://apnews.com/article/lebanon-israel-hezbollah-airstrikes-suburb-617575d9c5d7c711bc02e7b81d2ba4ad |access-date=27 September 2024 |website=AP News |language=en |archive-date=27 September 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240927162606/https://apnews.com/article/lebanon-israel-hezbollah-airstrikes-suburb-617575d9c5d7c711bc02e7b81d2ba4ad |url-status=live }}</ref> The [[Israel Defense Forces]] (IDF) codenamed the operation "'''New Order'''" ({{Lang-he|סדר חדש|translit=Seder Hadash}}). | |||