Israeli Airstrike In Beirut Kills Hezbollah Leader Hassan Nasrallah

Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah was killed Friday in an Israeli military airstrike, Israel Defense Forces confirmed.

Israeli fighter jets hit the central headquarters of the Hezbollah terrorist organization, which is “embedded under a residential building in the area of Dahieh in Beirut,” with a targeted strike that killed Nasrallah, along with Commander of Hezbollah’s Southern Front Ali Karki and other Hezbollah commanders, IDF announced on Saturday. The strike occurred while the Iran-backed terror group’s senior chain of command was “operating from the headquarters and advancing terrorist activities against the citizens of the State of Israel,” according to IDF.

Hezbollah began firing rockets over the border into Israel in a show of support for Hamas following its Oct. 7 attack that killed nearly 1,200 Israelis. Friday’s strike is the latest— and most devastating — in a series of recent attacks Israel has made on Hezbollah leaders, according to CBS News.

Last week, Israeli forces killed Hezbollah special operations commander Ibrahim Aqil and 15 other terrorists.