{"id":112842,"date":"2024-10-11T08:12:45","date_gmt":"2024-10-11T01:12:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/?p=112842"},"modified":"2024-10-11T08:12:45","modified_gmt":"2024-10-11T01:12:45","slug":"iranian-gen-esmail-qaanis-whereabouts-unknown-amid-alleged-probe-into-israeli-assault-on-hezbollah-report","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/?p=112842","title":{"rendered":"Iranian Gen. Esmail Qaani&#8217;s whereabouts unknown amid alleged probe into Israeli assault on Hezbollah: report"},"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>The location of an Iranian general is under scrutiny amid reports he\u2019s being investigated for his involvement in Israel\u2019s dismantling of Lebanese terror outfit Hezbollah.<\/p>\n<p>Brig. Gen. Esmail Qaani, the head of Iran\u2019s elite Quds Force, has not been seen in public <a href=\"http:\/\/Brig. Gen. Esmail Qaani, the head of Iran\u2019s elite Quds Force, has not been seen in public since Israel killed Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah in a massive air strike on Beirut on Sept. 27.\">since Israel killed Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah<\/a> in a massive air strike on Beirut on Sept. 27.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><button class=\"button button--modal-trigger\" aria-label=\"Open the image in a modal.\" data-modal-image=\"33569281\"><br \/>\n\t<svg xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"icon-plus\" fill=\"#fff\" viewbox=\"0 0 1033 1000\" width=\"1em\" height=\"1em\"><path d=\"M380 364V0h273v355h380v290H653v355H380V645H0V355h380v9z\"\/><\/svg><br \/>\n<\/button><br \/>\n<img style=\"aspect-ratio:1.5423728813559;display:block\" decoding=\"async\" fetchpriority=\"high\" data-modal-image=\"33569281\" width=\"910\" height=\"590\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2024\/10\/irans-judiciary-chief-ebrahim-raisi-91388539.jpg?w=1024\" alt=\"Iranian Quds force commander Esmail Ghaani speaks during a ceremony on the occasion of the first anniversary of death of former Iran's Quds force commander Qasem Soleimani in Tehran\" class=\"wp-image-33569281\"\/><figcaption>Brig. Gen. Esmail Qaani has not been seen in public since Israel killed Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah in a massive air strike on Beirut on Sept. 27. <span class=\"credit\">AFP via Getty Images<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Some Arab outlets say Qaani is alive and unhurt \u2014 but under guard \u2014 as the Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps (IRGC) investigates security breaches into how Israel was able to bring down the terrorist movement\u2019s most senior leadership and identify where and when he could be found.<\/p>\n<p>Others, including Sky News Arabic, reported Qaani is being probed over alleged ties to Israel. The outlet also reported the general had a heart attack while he was being questioned.  <\/p>\n<p>Suspicions escalated that senior Iranian commanders may have been compromised when the terrorist set to succeed Nasrallah \u2014 Hashem Safieddine \u2014 was <a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2024\/10\/08\/world-news\/hezbollah-chief-set-to-replace-assassinated-nasrallah-also-likely-just-killed-israel\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">most likely also killed<\/a> in an Oct. 4 airstrike on his Beirut base in Lebanon.\u00a0<\/p>\n<aside class=\"single__inline-module aligncenter wp-block-nypost-editor-primary-tag\">\n<\/aside>\n<p>If Safieddine was killed, he would be the latest among more than a dozen top Hezbollah officials killed by Israel in recent weeks as the Jewish state ramps up its attacks against the Iran-backed terror group.<\/p>\n<p>Along with targeted airstrikes against Hezbollah\u2019s leadership in southern Lebanon, the Israel Defense Forces also began conducting ground raids against the terror group to demolish its weapons depots and infrastructure.<\/p>\n<p>The Israeli military said it killed more than 200 Hezbollah operatives during last week\u2019s raids, with multiple tunnels and rocket-launching facilities destroyed along the border.<\/p>\n<p>IDF officials and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said the operations in Lebanon would continue until they are assured Hezbollah no longer poses a threat to northern Israel, where tens of thousands of people have been displaced.<\/p>\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>Qaani became the successor to former Quds boss Qassem Soleimani, <a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2020\/01\/02\/gen-qassim-soleimanis-rise-to-power-tense-relationship-with-us\/\">who the US assassinated in 2020<\/a>. After taking up Soleimani\u2019s mantle, he has reportedly been dogged in his efforts to supply, train and coordinate regional terror groups.<\/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\/10\/world-news\/iranian-gen-esmail-ghaanis-whereabouts-unknown-amid-alleged-probe-into-israeli-assault-on-hezbollah-report\/\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The location of an Iranian general is under scrutiny amid reports he\u2019s being investigated for his involvement in Israel\u2019s dismantling of Lebanese terror outfit Hezbollah. 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