Hezbollah’s Leader, in a Major Development in the Mideast War, Is Apparently Killed in Israeli Strike at Beirut, an Increasing Number of Reports Say

Hebrew-language press reports are citing security and military officials as expressing confidence that Nasrallah, as well as his closest confidante, Tsai a-Din, were at a headquarters destroyed with a bunker-buster bomb.

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Rescuers gather as smoke rises from a collapsed building at the site of an Israeli airstrike at a southern suburb of Beirut, September 27, 2024. AP/Hassan Ammar

In a major development in the Middle East war, reports are increasing that the leader of Hezbollah, Hassan Nasrallah, was killed in an Israeli strike Friday afternoon at the organization’s Beirut headquarters — a development that, if confirmed, could have a major impact on the war. 

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