Hezbollah chief Hassan Nasrallah killed in Israeli airstrike on Beirut

Hezbollah chief Hassan Nasrallah was killed in an Israeli airstrike on Beirut on Friday, Al Jazeera reported citing a statement from the Lebanon-based militant group.

This came shortly after the Israeli Army on Saturday claimed Nasrallah’s assassination. He was 64.

Ali Karki, a commander of Hezbollah’s southern front, and other leaders of the militant group were also killed in the attack in Beirut’s Dahiyeh, the Israeli Army said in a statement.

Israeli military spokesman Lieutenant Colonel Nadav Shoshani said that “most of the senior leaders of Hezbollah have been eliminated”.

Shoshani added that Israel would continue to strike Hezbollah, which “still has rockets and missiles and has the capability of shooting many of them simultaneously”.

According to the Lebanese Ministry of Public Health, six persons were killed and 91 others injured in the strike, Al Jazeera reported.

In a post on X, the Israel Defense Forces said that Nasrallah would “no longer be able to terrorise the world”.

Nasrallah led Hezbollah for more than 32 years.

Hassan Nasrallah will no longer be able to terrorize the world.— Israel Defense Forces (@IDF) September 28, 2024

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