How secret substance helped “Israel” locate Hezbollah leader Nasrallah

New information has come to light regarding the killing of Hezbollah’s long-time leader, Hassan Nasrallah, in an airstrike on Beirut’s Southern Suburbs on Friday, September 27.

According to reports by Hebrew media, “Israel” managed to pinpoint Nasrallah’s location after a man met him and smeared his hands with a substance after shaking his hands.

The substance allowed “Israel” to track him to the high-level meeting which took place at Hezbollah’s main headquarters, after which it killed him along with several other top Hezbollah leaders.

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The report by Hebrew newspaper Maariv added that it took two minutes to confirm his presence at the meeting; after which the “Israeli” Air Force planes decimated the headquarters.

The report did not clarify the nature of the substance used to track Nasrallah.

Nasrallah’s body, who died Friday, was recovered Sunday from the rubble at site of the “Israeli” airstrike that targeted the group’s main headquarters in Beirut’s Southern Suburbs.

Medical and security sources told Reuters that Hassan Nasrallah’s body had no direct wounds; which would most likely point to blunt trauma as the cause of death.

A report by Hebrew channel 12 however said that it is believed Nasrallah died as a result of suffocation. At the time of the strike, he was in a room without ventilation, and due to the gas from the “Israeli” air force bombs, Nasrallah suffocated to death.

The “Israeli” air force used 2,000-pound bunker-buster bombs loaded on F-15i fighter jets to kill Hasan Nasrallah along with several top leaders after obtaining intelligence of a high-level meeting at the known Hezbollah bastion – the area of Dahieh.

Bunker-busters can penetrate and strike targets dozens of meters underground. According to an analyst cited by The New York Times, eight jets conducted the strike and at least 15 2,000-pound munitions with an American-made precision guidance system that attaches to bombs were used.

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Safieddine is the head of Hezbollah's executive council, and was generally considered as Hezbollah’s number two, after Nasrallah.

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