Iran-backed Hezbollah<\/a> has yet to issue any statement on the status of Nasrallah, its leader for 32 years.<\/p>\n\n\n\nIf confirmed, Nasrallah’s death would mark a major blow not only to Hezbollah but also to Iran. He has long been a towering figure in the Tehran-backed “Axis of Resistance”, helping to project Iranian influence across the Middle East.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The Israeli military said that Nasrallah was eliminated in a “targeted strike” on the group’s underground headquarters beneath a residential building in Dahiyeh – a Hezbollah-controlled southern suburb of Beirut.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
It said he was killed along with another top Hezbollah leader, Ali Karaki, and other commanders.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
“The strike was conducted while Hezbollah\u2019s senior chain of command were operating from the headquarters and advancing terrorist activities against the citizens of the State of Israel,” it said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Friday’s airstrike on Dahiyeh shook Beirut. A security source in Lebanon said the attack – a quick succession of massively powerful blasts – had left a crater at least 20 meters deep.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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