Iran's supreme leader has declared five days of mourning after Israel's assassination of Hezbollah's leader Hassan Nasrallah. Ayatollah Ali Khamenei says the death of the Iran-backed leader will not go unavenged.
A woman weeps during a gathering in support of Lebanon's militant Hezbollah group at the Felestin Square in downtown Tehran, Iran, Saturday, Sept. 28, 2024. Iran's supreme leader has declared five days of mourning after Israel's assassination of Hezbollah's leader Hassan Nasrallah. Ayatollah Ali Khamenei says the death of the Iran-backed leader will not go unavenged.
In one of the most significant moments in a year of conflict in the Middle East, Nasrallah - often called the most influential politician in Lebanon - was killed along with a number of civilians. The Israeli military says in the attack on the Hezbollah leader it dropped 85 so-called "bunker buster" bombs on the densely populated Dahiyeh neighbourhood in Beirut's southern suburbs.
The strikes are controversial as the Geneva Convention states that these "bunker buster" bombs are forbidden in civilian neighbourhoods like Dahiyeh. “I am a diabetic patient, I sat on the ground, I was not able to go out to get my children from my house, nor was I able to walk. I was screaming while the strikes were above us, we just want a safe place, we do not need clothes or aid or food or drink. We just want a safe place so that our children are not afraid, we left the Syrian war for the sake of the children, we came here and the same war happened.
These are the worst attacks Lebanon has experienced in almost two decades, with Lebanese government minister Nasser Yassin telling Reuters about one million people have been displaced by the violence.
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