Lebanon’s Hezbollah group confirmed on Saturday that its leader and one of its founders, Hassan Nasrallah, was killed in an Israeli airstrike in Beirut the previous day.

The Israeli military claims that Hassan Nasrallah, secretary-general of Hezbollah, was killed in Fiday’s airstrike in Beirut, Lebanon.

Iranian-backed militant group Hezbollah confirms leader Hassan Nasrallah was killed in an Israeli strike in Lebanon, hours after Israel announces it.

Displaced families, mainly from Syria, gather at Beirut's central Martyrs' Square, where they spent the night fleeing the overnight Israeli strikes in Beirut, Lebanon September 28, 2024. REUTERS/Louisa Gouliamaki BEIRUT (Reuters) - When Israel began pounding the southern Beirut suburb of Dahiyeh in airstrikes that killed Lebanon's Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah,

Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah, who transformed the Lebanese militant group into a potent paramilitary and political force in the Middle East was killed in an Israeli airstrike

The Israeli military claims that Hassan Nasrallah, secretary-general of Hezbollah, was killed in Fiday’s airstrike in Beirut, Lebanon.

A sign depicting Lebanon's Hezbollah leader Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah is placed in the southern port city of Tyre, Lebanon July 30, 2024. REUTERS/Aziz Taher/Fil

He grew Hezbollah from a Lebanese guerrilla movement into the region’s most capable paramilitary organization, and a leading foe of Israel.

For months, the Biden administration has been trying to avert a nightmare scenario in the Middle East of a full-scale war between Israel and Hezbollah. All those efforts may have just been thrown out the window.