The leader of the Lebanon-based militant group Hezbollah, Hassan Nasrallah, was killed in an Israeli airstrike on his underground headquarters in Beirut on Friday, Israel and Hezbollah confirmed. Nasrallah,

Ali Karki, the commander of Hezbollah’s southern front, was among several senior figures also killed in the attack, the Israeli military claimed, along with Abbas Nilforushan, a prominent general in Iran ’s paramilitary guard, according to Iranian state media reports.

Israel killed Hezbollah leader Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah in a powerful airstrike in Beirut. The death of such a key figure dealt a heavy blow to Hezbollah and its backer, Iran. This event has intensified the already escalating conflict between Israel and Hezbollah,