The Israeli army announced on Saturday that it has killed Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah in an overnight attack on Beirut’s southern suburbs.
“Hassan Nasrallah is dead,” said Israeli army spokesperson Lt. Col. Nadav Shoshani on the social media platform X.
Channel 12 reported that Zainab Nasrallah, Hassan’s daughter, was also killed in the significant Israeli airstrike on Hezbollah headquarters. However, there has been no official confirmation from either Israel or Lebanon regarding her death.
Zainab has been a strong advocate for Hezbollah and has publicly honored her family’s sacrifices. She previously spoke about her brother’s killing by Israeli forces in 1997, emphasizing that her family chose to celebrate his sacrifice rather than mourn. “When my brother Hadi was martyred, my parents did not shed a single tear,” she said in a 2022 interview on Al-Manar TV.
So far, Hezbollah has not released any comments or statements regarding these events.
Iran’s Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei Calls Emergency Meeting
In response to the Israeli strike on Hezbollah’s headquarters, Iran’s Supreme Leader, Ali Khamenei, convened an emergency meeting of the Supreme National Security Council, according to Iranian media.
This meeting follows conflicting reports about Hassan Nasrallah’s fate after the Israeli military’s attack on the group’s main base. While Reuters cited sources indicating that Nasrallah was unreachable, Iranian media reported that he is “alive.”