Israel says Hezbollah’s leader Hassan Nasrallah has been killed

Hassan Nasrallah, leader of the Lebanese militant group Hezbollah, is dead, Israel says.

Israel’s military announced on Saturday evening (AEST) that Nasrallah had been killed in a strike on Lebanon’s capital, Beirut.

“Hassan Nasrallah is dead,” military spokesman Lieutenant Colonel Nadav Shoshani announced on X.