Israel unleashes wave of strikes on Beirut as fate of Hezbollah leader unclear

 The Israeli military said it struck Hezbollah’s headquarters in Beirut on Friday in a series of massive explosions that targeted the leader of the militant group and leveled multiple high-rise apartment buildings.

Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah was reportedly the target of the strikes, but the Israeli army did not confirm who it was targeting.

It was not immediately clear if Nasrallah was at the site, and Hezbollah did not comment on the report.

Israeli army spokesperson Rear Adm. Daniel Hagari said the strikes targeted the main Hezbollah headquarters, saying it was located underground beneath residential buildings.

The series of blasts at around nightfall reduced six apartment towers to rubble in Haret Hreik, a densely populated, predominantly Shiite district of Beirut‘s Dahiyeh suburbs, according to Lebanon’s national news agency.