INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
The Israeli military said on Saturday it had killed Hezbollah leader Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah in an airstrike on the group&s central
headquarters in the southern suburbs of Beirut a day earlier.Reuters said it could not immediately reach Hezbollah officials for comment on
the Israeli army statement
The Iran-backed Hezbollah has yet to issue any statement on the status of Nasrallah, who has led the group for 32 years.During Nasrallah&s
decades in charge, Hezbollah has grown into a regional force that has projected Tehran&s influence across the Middle East.His death would
not only mark an enormous blow to Hezbollah, but also to Iran, whose Revolutionary Guards founded the group in 1982
The Israeli military &eliminated … Hassan Nasrallah, leader of the Hezbollah terrorist organization,& Israeli army spokesperson Avichay
Adraee wrote in a statement on X.Another top Hezbollah leader & Ali Karaki & was also killed, he added.&Hassan Nasrallah will no longer be
able to terrorize the world,& the Israeli military said in a separate post.Friday&s attack on Hezbollah&s command centre, followed by
further airstrikes on Saturday, have escalated the conflict between Israel and the heavily armed group, adding to concerns the region could
be sucked into a broader war.Adraee&s statement, posted in Arabic, said Israel had struck Hezbollah&s underground headquarters while its
leadership were &coordinating terrorist activities against the citizens of Israel&.Late on Friday, a source close to Hezbollah told Reuters
that Nasrallah was not reachable.In the first hours after Friday&s strike, a source close to Hezbollah told Reuters that Nasrallah was alive
Iran&s Tasnim news agency also reported he was safe
A senior Iranian security official told Reuters that Tehran was checking his status.Israel followed up on Friday&s attack with a new wave of
airstrikes on Beirut&s southern suburbs and other areas of Lebanon on Saturday.The post Israeli military says it has killed Hezbollah chief
Nasrallah first appeared on Ariana News.
