Hassan Nasrallah, the elusive chief of Lebanon’s terror outfit Hezbollah, was killed in the massive airstrike in Lebanon’s Beirut, the Israel Defence Forces (IDF) claimed on Saturday. The Israeli military said Air Force jets carried out a precise airstrike while the Hezbollah leadership met at their headquarters in Dahiyeh, south of Beirut.
“Hassan Nasrallah will no longer be able to terrorise the world,” the IDF tweeted. However, a Hezbollah spokesperson previously said Nasrallah, who took over as the outfit’s chief in 1992 when he was just 32, was unharmed.
ouncing Nasrallah’s death, IDF Chief of Staff Lt. General Herzi Halevi said Israel would reach anyone who threatened the country and its citizens. “This is not the end of the toolbox. The message is simple to anyone who threatens the citizens of Israel. We will know how to get to them,” he said.
The Lebanese Health Ministry said six people were killed and 91 injured in the airstrikes on Friday. However, the death toll is expected to rise.
Nasrallah, who has lead Hezbollah for more than three decades, has not been seen in public for years amid fears of being assassinated by Israel.
