The body of Hezbollah leader Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah has recovered following an Israeli airstrike in Lebanon.
It comes just days after the militant group confirmed the death of Nasrallah, 64, in an airstrike in a Beirut suburb.
His body is believed to be intact after it was found at the site of the attack in the southern suburbs of Beirut, Reuters reports citing a medical and a security source.
A statement from Hezbollah said the group’s leader for more than three decades has ‘joined his fellow martyrs.’
The air strike on Friday also killed Abbas Nilforushan, a senior officer in Iran’s Revolutionary Guard.
Yesterday, the IDF claimed it killed Nabil Kaouk, another high-ranking Hezbollah member, in an airstrike.
Hezbollah has not yet commented on the death of Kaouk who is the deputy head of Hezbollah’s central council. He was reportedly sanctioned by the US in 2020 for his involvement in Hezbollah’s military activities.
The Israeli military confirmed it carried out a precise air strike on Friday during Hezbollah leaders’ meeting at their headquarters in Dahiyeh.
Nasrallah is credited for bringing Hezbollah closer to Iran, one of the group’s main backers, and he has been linked to attack on Israeli and Jewish targets.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said targeting Nasrallah was ‘an essential condition to achieving the goas we set,’ describing him as ‘the terrorist.’
The killing of Nasrallah, one of the founding members of the Shiite Muslim party and militant group, is feared to spark a further escalation and a response from Iran.
Hezbollah is anti-Israel and it has vowed to ‘continue the holy war against the enemy and in support of Palestine.’
Lebanon has been devastated by a string of air strikes which have claimed civilian lives and displaced thousands of people following the latest escalation of the conflict after booby-trapped walkie-talkies and pagers exploded across Beirut.
Another air strike killed 11 people in the early hours of the morning today, according to Lebanon’s state news agency.
A home was reportedly destroyed in the village of al-Ain, killing all people inside. Six of the bodies were recovered from under the rubble and a search continues for the remaining five.
The escalation since the October 7 attacks last year has displaced thousands of Lebanese.
In the last week alone, around 90,000 people had to flee their homes, international rescue teams have warned.
The deadliest attack of the recent escalation was on Monday when more than 560 people were killed and nearly 2,000 injured in an Israeli airstrike.
UK government said it is planning for ‘every contingency’ to evacuate British nationals from Lebanon.
Senior ministers have urged British nationals to leave the country immediately following more airstrikes.
The latest to renew the call to leave Lebanon is Pat McFadden, a senior Cabinet Office minister.
He told the BBC today: ‘There are commercial flights available, the Foreign Office is working with commercial airlines to make sure more are available.
‘We will plan for every contingency but it is really important given the seriousness of the situation that British people in the area make what arrangements they can to leave now.’
However, the options for those willing and able to leave are limited as Lebanon’s land border with Israel has been shut for years while the Foreign Office advises against all travel to neighbouring Syria.
Aviation tracker Flightradar24 said yesterday all foreign airline flights to Beirut have been suspended.
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