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Israel army says Hezbollah leader Nasrallah 'eliminated' in Beirut strike

A source close to Lebanon's Hezbollah group said on September 28 that contact had been lost since last evening with chief Hassan Nasrallah, after Israel said it had "eliminated" him in a strike on the group's southern Beirut bastion. [AFP]

The Israeli military announced on Saturday that Hezbollah chief Hassan Nasrallah was killed in an Israeli strike on Beirut the previous night.

"Hassan Nasrallah is dead," military spokesman Lieutenant Colonel Nadav Shoshani announced on X.

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