Hezbollah confirmed the death of its leader, Hasan Nasrallah, after the Israel Defense Forces hit what it called Hezbollah’s “central headquarters” with a massive strike that leveled several residential buildings in the southern suburbs of Beirut.
In a statement, the militant group said that Nasrallah had “joined his great and immortal martyred companions” and that he led Hezbollah for 30 years.
In a post first announcing the death on social media, the IDF wrote: “Hasan Nasrallah will no longer be able to terrorize the world.”
He had been a target of earlier attacks, according to a person familiar with information provided by Israel to the United States after the Friday attack, speaking on the condition of anonymity about the sensitive matter.
