- Israel and Hezbollah acknowledged that Hassan Nasrallah, the head of the militant organization Hezbollah, which is located in Lebanon, was killed on Friday in an Israeli airstrike on his underground headquarters in Beirut.
- After more than 30 years as the group’s leader and a major regional figure, Nasrallah was killed by Israeli fighter jets in the Dahiyeh neighborhood in the capital’s southern outskirts.
- The dispute between Israel and Hezbollah has escalated in recent weeks, raising concerns that it could turn into a regional war. Nasrallah’s death represents a major escalation in this conflict.
- The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) said Nasrallah had been operating from the headquarters and “advancing terrorist activities against the citizens of the State of Israel.”
- Hezbollah described Nasrallah as a “sacred martyr” and vowed to continue its fight against Israel. He was among several Hezbollah fighters – and a senior Iranian commander – killed in the strike on Friday.
- “The leadership of Hezbollah pledges to the most supreme, sacred, and dearest martyr in our journey, filled with sacrifices and martyrs, that it will continue its fight to confront the enemy, in support of Gaza and Palestine, and in defense of Lebanon and its steadfast and honorable people,” the group said in a statement.
