{"id":111279,"date":"2024-10-07T03:34:03","date_gmt":"2024-10-06T20:34:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/?p=111279"},"modified":"2024-10-07T03:34:03","modified_gmt":"2024-10-06T20:34:03","slug":"iranian-gen-esmail-qaani-possibly-killed-in-israeli-airstrike","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/?p=111279","title":{"rendered":"Iranian Gen. Esmail Qaani possibly killed in Israeli airstrike"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"fluid\"\r\n     data-ad-layout-key=\"-fb+5w+4e-db+86\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"7910942971\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p>An Iranian general who promised to \u201csee the dead bodies of Americans all over the Middle East\u201d is missing after an Israeli attack in Lebanon that may have also killed the presumed new Hezbollah chief.<\/p>\n<p>The whereabouts of Brig. Gen. Esmail Qaani, the head of Iran\u2019s elite Quds Force, remains a mystery after Friday\u2019s airstrike in Beirut, the New York Times <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/live\/2024\/10\/06\/world\/israel-iran-hezbollah-lebanon?searchResultPosition=1#iranian-news-media-asks-where-is-top-quds-forces-commander-general-esmail-ghaani\">reported<\/a>. Some Arab and Israeli outlets say he is dead, while others report him as wounded.<\/p>\n<p>Lebanese security forces also have <a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2024\/10\/05\/world-news\/potential-successor-to-hezbollah-leader-nasrallah-has-been-out-of-contact-following-israeli-airstrike\/\">lost contact<\/a> with Hashem Safieddine, a top local Hezbollah official and the presumed successor to the terror group\u2019s recently slain leader, Hassan Nasrallah.<\/p>\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-67 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image size-large\"><figcaption>Iranian Brig. Gen. Esmail Qaani has not been seen since a Friday Israeli airstrike in Beirut, Lebanon. <span class=\"credit\">AFP via Getty Images<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption>Friday\u2019s attack in Beirut targeted Hezbollah terrorists, including Hashem Safieddine, the presumed successor to the group\u2019s dead chief, Hassan Nasrallah. <span class=\"credit\">Getty Images<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Qaani was last seen in Beirut, where he was sent to help the terror group recover and re-group after a series of attacks by Israel, according to unnamed members of Iran\u2019s Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps to the Times.\u00a0<\/p>\n<aside class=\"single__inline-module aligncenter wp-block-nypost-editor-primary-tag\">\n<\/aside>\n<p>He has not been seen publicly since Friday\u2019s attack, and he was notably absent from a memorial service for Nasrallah, Iranian media said. By Saturday, some Israeli and Arab outlets were reporting that he had been wounded or killed, but top Iranian brass have remained tight-lipped on the matter.<\/p>\n<p>An Iranian soldier told the Times that confusion about Qaani\u2019s fate is causing panic among the troops.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption>Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei (left) and Gen. Esmail Qaani attend a memorial for a previously slain leader. <span class=\"credit\">Anadolu Agency via Getty Images<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Iran\u2019s Quds Force provides support for the anti-Israel \u201caxis of resistance,\u201d which consists of regional terror organizations including the Palestinian Hamas in Gaza, the Houthis in Yemen and Hezbollah in Lebanon.<\/p>\n<p>Friday\u2019s Israeli airstrike was one in a wave of attacks in Lebanon since Iran fired more than 200 ballistic missiles at the Jewish state as payback for Nasrallah\u2019s assassination.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>As Hezbollah forces scramble to regroup, Israel continues to pummel them: On Sunday, it launched the largest recent bombardment yet on targets in the outskirts of Beirut, Reuters <a href=\"https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/world\/middle-east\/heavy-strikes-shake-beirut-israel-expands-lebanon-campaign-2024-10-05\/\">reported<\/a>, lighting up the night with flashes visible at least 20 miles away.<\/p>\n<p>Qaani became the successor to former Quds boss Qassem Suleimani, who the US assassinated in 2020. After taking up Suleimani\u2019s mantle, he has reportedly been dogged in his efforts to supply, train and coordinate regional terror groups. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe tell everyone, be patient and see the dead bodies of Americans all over the Middle East,\u201d he once <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/world\/2020\/jan\/03\/iran-vows-revenge-for-us-trump-killing-of-top-general-qassem-suleimani\">said <\/a>on Al Jazeera.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"fluid\"\r\n     data-ad-layout-key=\"-fb+5w+4e-db+86\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"7910942971\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script><br \/>\n<br \/><div data-type=\"_mgwidget\" data-widget-id=\"1660802\">\r\n<\/div>\r\n<script>(function(w,q){w[q]=w[q]||[];w[q].push([\"_mgc.load\"])})(window,\"_mgq\");\r\n<\/script>\r\n<br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2024\/10\/06\/world-news\/iranian-gen-esmail-qaani-possibly-killed-in-israeli-airstrike\/\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>An Iranian general who promised to \u201csee the dead bodies of Americans all over the Middle East\u201d is missing after an Israeli attack in Lebanon that may have also killed &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/?p=111279\" class=\"more-link\">Read More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[29],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-111279","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-world","entry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/111279","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=111279"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/111279\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=111279"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=111279"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=111279"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}