Israel-Lebanon latest: Israel claims it has killed Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah after targeted bombing

The Israeli mililtary claims to have killed Hassan Nasrallah , the leader of the Hezbollah militant group, in a strike in Beirut .

The military said that it carried out an airstrike while Hezbollah’s leadership met at their headquarters in Dahiyeh, south of Beirut. Ali Karki, the commander of Hezbollah’s southern front was among several commanders also killed in the attack, the Israeli military claimed.

The Lebanese health ministry said that six people were killed and 91 injured in the strikes on Friday – which levelled six apartment buildings.

Nasrallah has lead Hezbollah for more than three decades. There was no immediate comment from the group.

On Saturday morning, the Israeli military 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 also said it had called up a further three battalions of reservists to bolster the defences of its central command, after earlier sending two brigades to northern Israel to train for a possible ground invasion.