Hezbollah has confirmed that its leader, Hassan Nasrallah, was killed in an Israeli strike on an apartment in Beirut, Lebanon's capital. NBC News' Matt Bradley reports on the impact of Nasrallah's death and his global influence.
According to the Lebanese Health Ministry, the attack targeting Nasrallah killed at least six people and injured 91, though the damage is extensive and the official death toll is likely to rise.at the U.N. defending Israel's actions in the Gaza Strip and Lebanon, and attempting to rally opposition to Iran.
The order includes areas in south and central Israel, as well as the West Bank and towns near the border with Gaza. An Israeli official said Friday that Israeli forces had targeted Nasrallah, who has led the Iran-backed militant group for the past three decades, in a large-scale attack on a suburb of southern Beirut.
"This moment will be historically seen as Netanyahu’s 'mission accomplished'-moment in both Gaza and Lebanon," he added, referring to former President George W. Bush's ill-timed declaration of victory in Iraq, only to be embroiled in another 8 years of war.The Israeli Police say that parts of interception drones and"IDF items" have fallen near Ma'alot, a city in northern Israel just 15 miles from the border with Lebanon.
Though Khamenei did not address reports of his death directly, the statement was issued shortly after Israel's announcement that it had killed Hassan Nasrallah, leader of Hezbollah, the powerful Iran-backed militant group. An Iranian official has announced that Iran will begin registration for deploying forces to Lebanon in the coming days.
Hospitals in the southern suburbs of Lebanon's capital, Beirut, are being evacuated as conflict in the city escalates.
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