Hezbollah confirms leader Nasrallah's death


FILE PHOTO: Lebanon's Hezbollah leader Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah. - Photo: REUTERS / Hasan Shaaban / File Photo

BEIRUT (AFP): Lebanon's Iran-backed Hezbollah group on Saturday (Sept 28) confirmed its leader Hassan Nasrallah had been killed, after Israel said it had "eliminated" him in a strike on south Beirut a day earlier.

"Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah, secretary-general of Hezbollah, has joined his great, immortal martyr comrades whom he led for about 30 years," Hezbollah said in a statement.

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