Israel said on Saturday that Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah had been killed. AdvertisementIsrael said on Saturday that Hezbollah chief Hassan Nasrallah had been killed in a targeted strike on the group's central headquarters in Beirut. AdvertisementHe took over Hezbollah in 1992 after Israel assassinated the group's previous leader and cofounder Abbas al-Musawi. Nasrallah gained widespread popularity for overseeing the Israeli withdrawal from Lebanon in 2000 and the so-called "divine victory" in the 2006 Lebanon War. The group's support from Sunni Muslims dropped due to its involvement in the fighting, per the CFR.

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Persons: Israel, Hassan Nasrallah, Nasrallah, —, Abbas, Bashar al, Assad's ostracization, Hadi Organizations: Service, Foreign Relations, Israel Locations: Iran, Beirut, Hezbollah, Gaza, Palestine, Lebanon