New York, Sep 28 : Hassan Nasrallah — the secretary-general of Iran-backed terrorist group Hezbollah — was killed by an Israeli airstrike in Beirut on Friday in what is a major escalation in Israel’s military action in Lebanon, according to the Israeli Defense Forces

“Hassan Nasrallah will no longer be able to terrorize the world,” the IDF claimed on X on Saturday.  Nasrallah, 64, was in a bunker beneath the group’s main headquarters in Beirut Friday when Israeli warplanes dropped bombs that “leveled six buildings” and took out several Hezbollah honchos in a targeted attack on the longtime terror leader.

The Israel Defense Forces confirmed it also neutralized Muhammad Ali Ismail — the commander of Hezbollah’s missile unit in southern Lebanon — as well as his deputy, Hussein Ahmad Ismail, and other “commanders and operatives” who were in attendance at the meeting.

This latest strike came after Israel killed three senior Hezbollah military commanders earlier in the week. Those strikes reportedly killed over 700 soldiers and civilians.