The reported elimination of Hezbollah chief Hassan Nasrallah was facilitated by sensitive intelligence from an Iranian source who provided Israel with details of Nasrallah's planned arrival at a headquarters in southern Beirut, according to a report Sunday in the French magazine Le Parisien.
Israeli Air Force F-35 jets, equipped with bunker-penetrating bombs, were reportedly positioned for the strike as the intelligence was conveyed.
Le Parisien's account describes the successful operation against Nasrallah as the result of a precisely coordinated action by the Israel Defense Forces (IDF), based on high-quality intelligence from a source entrenched in the Iranian system. The critical information reportedly reached Israel mere hours before Nasrallah was due to arrive at his headquarters in a fortified complex in southern Beirut, enabling precise preparation for the operation.
The strike allegedly took place during the funeral of Mohammed Hussein Srour, commander of Hezbollah's air unit, who had been killed in an Israeli Air Force attack the previous day. As Hezbollah prepared for the funeral proceedings, F-35 aircraft were reportedly on standby for Nasrallah's arrival, armed with specialized munitions designed to breach the bunker where he was expected to be.
Sources cited in the report suggest that without the vital intelligence from the Iranian source, an operation of such precision might not have been possible.
