US ‘had no advanced warning’ of Israeli strike in Beirut: Pentagon
WASHINGTON (AA) – The US did not have “advanced warning” of the recent Israeli strike in Beirut which is claimed to have killed Hezbollah chief Hasan Nasrallah, the Pentagon said.
“The United States was not involved in this operation, and we had no advanced warning,” Deputy Pentagon Press Secretary Sabrina Singh told the reporters.
The Israeli army carried out a heavy and unprecedented airstrike on Beirut’s southern suburb area on Friday, claiming to have attacked the main headquarters of Hezbollah and killed its chief.
Singh said that Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin spoke with his Israeli counterpart Yoav Gallant “as the operation was already underway.”
The US is “still assessing” the event, Singh said.
Singh also said that there is “no force posture changes to announce at this time.”
Israel has pounded Lebanon since Monday morning, killing over 700 people and injuring nearly 2,200 others, according to figures released by the Lebanese Health Ministry.
The ministry also said that the death toll in Lebanon since last October is 1,540, in addition to more than 77,000 displaced from southern and eastern parts of the country.
Hezbollah has been under Israeli attack from across the border since the start of Israel’s genocidal war on Gaza, which has killed more than 41,500 people, mostly women and children.
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