Hezbollah confirms its top leader was killed after Israeli airstrikes

[BumRushDaShow]

Source: NPR

Updated September 28, 20248:07 AM ET


Israel's military says several airstrikes Friday in central Beirut have killed the long-time leader of the Hezbollah militant group, Hassan Nasrallah, in what represents another dramatic new development in a conflict that has metastasized across the Middle East region since last October.

In a statement Saturday, Hezbollah confirmed the death of Nasrallah and offered condolences for others killed with him “following the treacherous Zionist raid on the southern suburb.” In a post on the social media platform X, the Israeli military wrote that Nasrallah would "no longer be able to terrorize the world," prompting loud music to ring out across Tel Aviv in celebration of his death.

Nasrallah only very rarely made public appearances during his 32-year tenure atop a group that several nations, including the United States, have labeled a terrorist organization.

The airstrikes Friday had leveled several large residential buildings in southern Beirut, which Israeli officials had almost immediately labeled the headquarters of Hezbollah in statements they issued even as the smoke and debris clouds from the explosion rose above the city.

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[Richard D]

1. The world is...

... slightly less evil with that cancer upon humanity gone.

[maxsolomon]

2. Nasrallah plus anyone in the room with him.

After this last week and a half, Hezbollah command and control should be severely degraded, it's ranks decimated by the pager attacks. It's missile factory in Syria is devastated, facilities all over the country bombed, countless launchers targeted, and the stockpile has to be running low.

I don't even know what a ground offensive would accomplish at this point. Remarkable operation.

Tragedy that such efficiency wasn't possible in Gaza.

[MarineCombatEngineer]

3. Aww, what a shame,

another "freedom fighter' eliminated from planet Earth and sent to the pits of hell.

[sarisataka]

4. I wonder if Hezbollah firing an IRBM

At Tel Aviv was the proverbial nail in the coffin. Israel may have taken a different message than the one intended.

OTH Israel may simply have had enough after decades of attacks and decided to get as many heads of the hydra as they can.

[MarineCombatEngineer]

5. Yep, Nasrallah and his terrorist cohorts in the wrong place at the right time.

Kudos to Israel for taking the trash to the curb for pick up and disposal.

[Tarheel_Dem]

6. Good riddance to bad rubbish.