<picture class="article__media"> <img src="https://img.lemde.fr/2024/09/28/0/0/4464/2976/664/0/75/0/6bc6c0d_5805656-01-06.jpg" alt="Images Le Monde.fr" width="100%" height="auto"> </picture> <noscript> <img src="https://img.lemde.fr/2024/09/28/0/0/4464/2976/664/0/75/0/6bc6c0d_5805656-01-06.jpg" alt="A portrait of Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah hangs on the wall of a heavily damaged apartment in the Hadath neighbourhood of Beirut's southern suburbs on September 28, 2024 in the aftermath of overnight Israeli airstrikes."> </noscript> <figcaption class="article__legend" aria-hidden="true">A portrait of Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah hangs on the wall of a heavily damaged apartment in the Hadath neighbourhood of Beirut's southern suburbs on September 28, 2024 in the aftermath of overnight Israeli airstrikes. - / AFP </figcaption>

The Israeli military announced on Saturday, September 28, that Hezbollah chief Hassan Nasrallah was killed in a strike on Beirut. "Hassan Nasrallah is dead," military spokesman Lieutenant Colonel Nadav Shoshani <a href="https://x.com/LTC_Shoshani/status/1839938066653364274" target="_blank" rel="noopener" title="Nouvelle fenêtre">posted on X</a>. Military spokesman Captain David Avraham also confirmed to Agence France-Presse (AFP) that the Hezbollah chief had been "eliminated" following <a href="https://www.lemonde.fr/en/international/article/2024/09/27/netanyahu-vows-to-continue-lebanon-offensive-as-fresh-israeli-strikes-rock-beirut_6727484_4.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener" title="Nouvelle fenêtre">strikes Friday</a> on the Lebanese capital.

A source close to Hezbollah told AFP on Saturday that contact had been lost with Nasrallah since Friday evening. He did not confirm whether Nasrallah had been killed.

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Israeli fighter jets bombarded the southern suburbs of Lebanon's capital, the massive strikes were reportedly targeting Hassan Nasrallah.{ai:summary}Israeli military officials announced the death of Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah following airstrikes in Beirut on September 28, 2024. Contact with Nasrallah had been lost the previous evening, but Hezbollah sources have not confirmed his death.The situation may escalate further in the region depending on the reactions of involved parties. #politics

Israeli army says it 'eliminated' Hezbollah chief Nasrallah in Beirut strike

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