Hezbollah leader Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah speaks through a screen during commander Fouad Shukur's funeral in a southern suburb of Beirut, Lebanon, Aug. 1, 2024Hussein Malla/Copyright 2024 The AP. All rights reserved.

Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah killed in strike, Israel says

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The Israeli military said Saturday that it killed Hassan Nasrallah, the leader of the Hezbollah militant group, in a strike in Beirut on Friday.

The military said that it carried out a precise airstrike while Hezbollah leadership met at their headquarters in Dahiyeh, south of Beirut.

Ali Karki, the Commander of Hezbollah’s Southern Front, and additional Hezbollah commanders, were also killed in the attack, the Israeli military said. The Lebanese Health Ministry said that 6 people were killed and 91 injured in the strikes on Friday, which leveled six apartment buildings.

Nasrallah has led Hezbollah for more than three decades. There was no immediate comment from Hezbollah.

Israel maintained a heavy barrage of airstrikes against Hezbollah on Saturday, as Hezbollah launched dozens of rockets toward Israel.

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