Hassan Nasrallah, the leader of the Lebanese Shi’ite group Hezbollah, whose body was reportedly recovered from the site of an Israeli airstrike in the southern Beirut suburb of Dahieh.
Medical and security officials said his body was found “intact” with no direct wounds, adding that he likely died from “blunt trauma” from the explosion, according to news agency Reuters.
On Sunday, Associated Press journalists saw smoke rising over the rubble in Beirut as residents gathered at the destruction site.
On Friday, as many as 10 explosions echoed as the Israeli airstrike hit an area larger than a city block, leaving several residential buildings reduced to a mass of concrete and twisted steel. The buildings had sunk into the ground, leaving an open area more significant than a soccer field.
Over the weekend, Israel issued videos of warplanes participating in the strike-eight F-15Is. However, the military did not confirm either the type or number of bombs dropped.
The footage showed the warplanes fitted with munitions consistent with American-made BLU-109 penetrator bombs weighing 2,000 pounds each, affixed with a JDAM harness and tail kit.
The Israeli military on Sunday said the strike that killed Hezbollah chief also “eliminated” around two dozen other members of the Lebanese armed group.
Among those killed at Hezbollah’s underground headquarters on Friday in the Dahiya suburb of Beirut were:
