Hezbollah Secretary General Hassan Nasrallah, the leader of the Iranian-backed terrorist organization, was confirmed dead on Saturday following an Israeli airstrike targeting him Friday afternoon in Beirut, Lebanon.
The terror group confirmed Nasrallah’s death in a statement claiming that he was a “great martyr” who died “following the treacherous Zionist airstrike on Beirut’s southern suburbs.”
Hezbollah has fired more than 8,100 missiles, rockets, and drones at Israel since Hamas’ October 7 terrorist attack, displacing tens of thousands of civilians in northern Israel who were forced to evacuate their homes and have not been allowed to return.
The Chief of the General Staff for the Israel Defense Forces (IDF), LTG Herzi Halevi said, “Nasrallah wanted to destroy Israel—we eliminated him.”
“Nasrallah indiscriminately murdered Israeli civilians and aimed to end this…