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Hezbollah confirms leader Nasrallah's death

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Hezbollah confirmed its leader Hassan Nasrallah had been killed, after Israel said it had "eliminated" him in an air strike a day earlier. [AFP]

Lebanon's Iran-backed Hezbollah group on Saturday confirmed its leader Hassan Nasrallah had been killed after Israel said it had "eliminated" him in an air strike a day earlier.

"Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah, Secretary General of Hezbollah, has joined his great, immortal martyr comrades whom he led for about 30 years," Hezbollah said in a statement.

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