Israel killed Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah in an airstrike in Beirut.

Israel killed Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah in an airstrike in Beirut.

Leaders of Hezbollah Hassan Nasrallah An airstrike in Lebanon's capital Beirut has killed, according to the Israeli military and a Lebanese group, a major hit. A blow to Hezbollah As it is far from an escalating campaign of Israeli attacks.

The commander of Hezbollah's southern front, Ali Karki, and additional commanders of Hezbollah were also killed in the attack. A massive air strike Friday in Dahiya, a southern suburb of Beirut, the Israeli military said. According to Lebanon's Ministry of Health, the strike destroyed six apartment buildings and injured 91 people.

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Nasrallah, 64, led the Iran-backed group. Over 32 years Serving as a political and spiritual leader who brought Hezbollah to prominence in Lebanon.

Among his supporters, the Shiite leader was praised for standing with Israel and opposing the United States. To his enemies, he was the head of a terrorist organization and a proxy for Iran seeking influence in the Middle East.

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When it comes to Middle East politics, Hassan Nasrallah is a larger-than-life figure. He's the lynchpin of Iran, if you will." "He really built Hezbollah into the organized fighting, disciplined force that it is today."

Hezbollah entered the field By firing on Israel from southern Lebanon in support of its Palestinian ally Hamas.

While the conflict with Israel largely praised Nasrallah's leadership, he was a divisive figure in Lebanon and the wider Arab world because of Hezbollah's operations in Syria and beyond.

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over Israel in support of its Palestinian ally Hamas from southern Lebanon.

While many in Israel celebrated Nasrallah's death, Israel's military said it had "a ways to go" in the fight against Hezbollah and would continue to target its leaders.

"Hezbollah still has rockets and missiles and is capable of hitting many of them at once," Shoshani said, adding that the Iran-backed group is believed to have " "Tens of thousands of rockets".

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"Zionist criminals should know that they are too few to do any serious damage to Hezbollah's strong structures in Lebanon," Khamenei said, referring to Israel.

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The UN says the number of people displaced by the conflict in southern Lebanon has more than doubled, with more than 211,000 people now displaced. The United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs said at least 20 primary health centers were closed in the worst-hit areas of Lebanon.