'Eliminated'Hezbollah confirms leader Nasrallah's death

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Lebanon's Iran-backed Hezbollah group on Saturday confirmed its leader Hassan Nasrallah had been killed, after Israel said it had "eliminated" him in a strike on south Beirut a day earlier.
Supporters of Lebanon's Hezbollah react as the group's leader Hassan Nasrallah addresses them through a giant screen in Beirut's southern suburbs on 9 August 2022.
Supporters of Lebanon’s Hezbollah react as the group’s leader Hassan Nasrallah addresses them through a giant screen in Beirut’s southern suburbs on 9 August 2022.
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“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.

Hamas has since released a statement, condemning the killing of Nasrallah as a “cowardly terrorist act”.

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