Hezbollah chief Hassan Nasrallah killed in Beirut strike, Israel says

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Hezbollah chief Hassan Nasrallah ******* in Beirut strike, ******* says

Hassan Nasrallah, the leader of the Lebanese Hezbollah militia, was ******* in an ******** strike on a Beirut suburb on Friday, the ******** military said on Saturday.

Hezbollah has so far not confirmed the ****** of Nasrallah or commented on the ******** claims.

“Hassan Nasrallah will no longer be able to terrorize the world,” the ******* Defense Forces (IDF) wrote in a post on social media platform X.

The Hezbollah commander responsible for southern Lebanon, Ali Karaki, was also *******, alongside other high-ranking commanders, it said.

The ******** of the 64-year-old Nasrallah, a cleric who has lead Hezbollah for 30 years and built the Lebanese militant group into a powerful force, would be one of the heaviest blows ever dealt by ******* to Hezbollah.

It’s difficult to predict how Hezbollah might respond, or what the consequences for the ongoing conflict with ******* and the broder region might be.

Fears that mutual attacks between ******* and Hezbollah could escalate into an all-out war have been rising since ******* launched a massive aerial campaign on Hezbollah targets across Lebanon on Monday, ******** hundreds of people so far.

Hezbollah continued to ******* ******* on Saturday, taking responsibility for several missile attacks on the neighbouring country, but did not make any comment on the ******** claims about Nasrallah’s ******.

A group of ******** soldiers was attacked by artillery shells in northern *******, the Iran-backed Shiite militia said.

A rocket salvo was fired at the northern ******** kibbutz of Sa’ar, according to Hezbollah.

Further missiles were launched at the village of Rosh Pina in retaliation for “the brutal ******** attacks” on Lebanon, it said.

Meanwhile, ******* also continued its attacks on Lebanon overnight and during the day on Saturday, with reports of new airstrikes hitting the southern suburbs of Beirut in the afternoon.

******* said Friday’s ******* on a southern Beirut suburb was a targeted strike on the Hezbollah headquarters said to have been located underneath residential buildings.

After the ******* in the neighbourhood of Haret Hreik near the airport, thick clouds of smoke could be seen, followed by large piles of rubble.

According to the Lebanese Health Ministry, at least six people were ******* and 91 injured in the *******. However the ****** toll is expected to rise further as several buildings were completely destroyed, according to state media.

The ******** army said it was currently not aware of any civilian casualties from the strike, according to military sources.

The assessment that Nasrallah had been ******* in the ******* was based on a combination of secret service information, they said.

The ******** military had obtained information that Nasrallah and other Hezbollah commanders convened in the headquarters, among other indications, according to the sources.

*******’s military chief issued a threat to other enemies of the country shortly after announcing the ****** of Nasrallah.

“The message to all those who threaten the citizens of the state of ******* is simple: we will know how to reach them. In the north, in the south and in more distant places,” *******’s Chief of General Staff Herzi Halevi said.

He said that the ******* on Friday which reportedly ******* Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah had been prepared for a long time.

“It came at the right time and in a very sharp manner,” Halevi said.

Nasrallah joined Hezbollah, which means “the party of ****,” in 1982. Following the ******** ************** of his predecessor, Abbas al-Mussawi, in 1992, he became the group’s leader.

He built the Shiite militia into a formidable military force and helped forge very close ties with Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps, the group’s most important backer and supplier.

He saw the withdrawal of ******** troops from southern Lebanon in 2000, which had been occupied since 1982, and also led Hezbollah through the 2006 ******** invasion, which he described as a “divine victory” for his forces.

Hezbollah has also been hit hard by massive strikes by ******* in recent weeks. It has been significantly weakened in terms of its leadership, its means of communication and probably also its fighting morale.

Pagers and radios used by Hezbollah fighters exploded in a series of coordinated attacks earlier this month believed to have been carried out by *******, which ******* dozens and left thousands injured.

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Explosions are seen after a massive ******** air ******* on the southern suburbs of Beirut. Timothy Wolfer/ZUMA Press Wire/dpa

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