Hezbollah HQ hit

Israeli missiles level Lebanese militant group's base in Beirut

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ISRAELI forces last night said they had destroyed the headquarters of Hezbollah in the Lebanese capital.

IDF spokesman Rear Admiral Daniel Hagari said: "The Israel Defence Forces carried out a precise strike on the central headquarters of the Hezbollah terror organisation - that served as the epicentre of Hezbollah's terror.

"Hezbollah's central headquarters was built under residential buildings in the heart of the Dahieh, in Beirut, as part of Hezbollah's strategy of using Lebanese people as human shields."

Three Israeli TV channels claimed Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah was the target of the strikes.