Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah killed in Beirut strike, group confirms
By Nader Durgham in Beirut and Umar A Farooq in Washington
28 September 2024 09:35 BST | Middle East Eye
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Lebanon’s Hezbollah confirmed on Saturday that its leader, Hassan Nasrallah, was killed after Israel launched a series of air strikes on the Lebanese capital, Beirut, a day earlier.
In an assassination that risks triggering all-out war in a region already on the brink, Israeli fighter jets dropped approximately 10 bunker-busting bombs on residential buildings in Beirut’s southern suburbs, an area colloquially known as Dahiyeh, on Friday.
Footage seen by Middle East Eye showed thick plumes of smoke rising from the blast site.
The Israeli military immediately confirmed it was behind the strikes and initially claimed it targeted Hezbollah’s command centre. Later, Israeli media reported that Nasrallah, 64, was the intended target of the strikes, but did not confirm his death.
On Saturday, the Israeli army posted a message on X, saying: “Hassan Nasrallah will no longer be able to terrorise the world.” (...)
