Israeli Defense Force (IDF) says it has killed Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah.
“Hassan Nasrallah will no longer be able to terrorise the world,” the IDF said in a post on X, formerly Twitter, on Saturday morning.
Mr Nasrallah, for over three decades, has been the leader of the Iranian-backed militant group, Hezbollah.
He was the main target in the precise Israeli airstrike on the Hezbollah central headquarters in Dahiyeh, a suburb of the Lebanese capital, Beirut, on Friday.
The IDF had earlier released a statement saying two senior Hezbollah officials were killed in the strike.
“Muhammad Ismail, the commander of Hezbollah’s Missile Unit in southern Lebanon, and his deputy, Hussein Ahmad Ismail, were eliminated in a precise IAF strike,” the IDF said in a statement on X on Saturday morning.
“Ali Ismail was responsible for directing numerous terrorist attacks against the State of Israel, including the firing of rockets toward Israeli territory and the…