Israel-Lebanon latest: Israel on high alert as Hezbollah confirms leader Hassan Nasrallah killed in Beirut strike

The Israeli mililtary warned it was on high alert as Hezbollah confirmed that its leader Hassan Nasrallah had been assassinated in an airstrike in Beirut , amplifying fears of a wider war in the Middle East.

The airstrike was carried out as Hezbollah’s leadership met at their headquarters in the southern Beirut suburb of Dahiyeh. Ali Karki, the commander of Hezbollah’s southern front, was among several commanders also killed, the Israeli military claimed.

Iranian media reported that a prominent general in the country’s paramilitary Revolutionary Guard also died in the strike. Abbas Nilforushan, 58, was sanctioned in 2022 by the US government, which identified him as deputy commander for operations.

The Lebanese health ministry said six people were killed and 91 injured.

Israel has maintained its barrage of strikes in southern Beirut and eastern Lebanon ’s Bekaa Valley, as Hezbollah launched dozens of projectiles across northern and central Israel and the Israel-occupied West Bank.

Israel said it had called up three more battalions of reservists, having earlier sent two brigades to northern Israel to train for a possible ground invasion of Lebanon.