Israel claims Hezbollah leader killed in Beirut attack

The Israeli military claimed on Saturday that it killed Hezbollah leader Seyyed Hassan Nasrallah in an airstrike on Lebanonโ€™s capital, Beirut, on Friday, although the group has yet to issue a statement on his fate.

โ€œHassan Nasrallah will no longer be able to terrorise the world,โ€ the Israeli military said in a statement on Saturday.

Ali Karki, the commander of Hezbollahโ€™s southern front, and additional Hezbollah commanders were also killed in the massive air strike in Beirutโ€™s southern suburb of Dahiyeh, the Israeli military added.

The Lebanese Health Ministry announced a total of six people were killed and 91 injured in the bombardment, which levelled six apartment buildings. Israeli air raids continued to hammer Beirutโ€™s southern suburbs and other areas of Lebanon into Saturday.

Nasrallah, 64, had led the Iran-backed group for more than three decades, serving as a political and spiritual leader who guided Hezbollah to a place of prominence in Lebanon.

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