Hezbollah's Nasrallah Agreed to Ceasefire With Israel Shortly Before Deadly Airstrike: Lebanon Min

New Delhi: Following the assassination of Hezbollah chief Hassan Nasrallah last week, Lebanon Foreign Minister Abdallah Bou Habib has claimed that the former had agreed to a ceasefire with Israel shortly before he was killed in the Israeli airstrike on Beirut.  Global media outlets citing Bou Habib reported that the United States and French representatives were informed about the ceasefire decision.

As per reports, Habib stated that Nasrallah had agreed to ceasefire. He further said Lebanon had fully agreed to the ceasefire after consulting with Hezbollah, and communicated this to American and French officials. He further claimed that Israel Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu had also agreed to the ceasefire proposal.

Meanwhile, the funeral of slain Hezbollah Secretary-General Hassan Nasrallah is expected to be held on Friday. If reports are to believed then the Hezbollah chief was inside a bunker in the southern suburb of Dahiyeh when it was struck. However, Hezbollah’s statement last Saturday confirming Nasrallah’s death did not mention how exactly he was killed. Media reports claimed that his body had no direct wounds and that it appeared the cause of death was blunt trauma from the force of the blast.

Reports further claimed that Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei had warned the Hezbollah leader to flee Lebanon days before he was eliminated in an Israeli strike.

Nasrallah’s Body Recovered From Bombed Bunker 

Nasrallah's body was recovered from the wreckage of an Israeli airstrike in Beirut. The details surrounding his death remain limited, with Hezbollah confirming it but not disclosing how or when he was killed. The Israeli military conducted a highly coordinated strike on an underground bunker in south Beirut, where Nasrallah and several other Hezbollah leaders were reportedly meeting. This bunker was situated approximately 60 feet below a busy street, illustrating the precision of the operation following months of intelligence gathering.

At 64 years old, Nasrallah led Hezbollah, a powerful paramilitary group recognized as a terrorist organization by the U.S. His death raises questions about the group's future leadership at a crucial time, as tensions in the region escalate. The potential implications of his death could ignite a wider conflict involving both Iran and the United States.