Shortly after the Lebanese political party and paramilitary group Hezbollah confirmed that its leader, Secretary-General Hassan Nasrallah, and multiple other figures in the organization's leadership had been killed in an “a href=” incident, target= “_blank”>Israeli airstrikesIsraeli sources provided more details about the operation. Nasrallah, long considered the Jewish state's most important opponent, has served as the organization's secretary-general for more than 32 years, since February 1992, and has overseen its development. target=”_blank”>First failure IDF history was retold in 2006 after Hezbollah inflicted heavy losses and thwarted an attempted invasion of Lebanon. deaths, the vast majority of which were residents. Recent Israeli releases confirmed that the operation was carried out by F-15 fighter jets and used more than 80,000 kilograms of explosives to penetrate target bunkers beneath the buildings. =” title=“The Aftermath of the Apartment Tower Bombing”
Hezbollah maintains key underground command centers, arsenals and other important locations that are heavily guarded and Backed by North Korean experts since the early 2000s, this has posed a serious challenge to the Israeli military. While Israeli attacks in the Gaza Strip are complicated by the use of underground fortifications by Palestinian militia groups, southern Lebanon has deeper and more sophisticated fortifications and benefits from tougher mountainous terrain. The F-15 remains the best Western fighter category for such missions as it has a much greater ammunition carrying capacity than other Western fighters, with a maximum takeoff weight of 31,000 kg per fighter. For short-range missions over southern Lebanon, external fuel tanks are not required, which would allow the F-15 to distribute all external weight to the bomb. Therefore, a force of eight F-15s can easily drop over 80,000 tons of bombs. Considered obsolete in combat, although the fighter is still valued for its combination of long range and high weapons carrying capacity.