Hezbollah confirms leader Hassan Nasrallah killed in Israeli strike

Hezbollah has confirmed the death of its leader Hassan Nasrallah, after Israel said he was killed in its airstrikes on the Lebanese capital of Beirut on Friday. Follow for live news updates.

• Hezbollah has confirmed the death of its leader Hassan Nasrallah, after Israel said he was killed in its airstrikes on the Lebanese capital of Beirut on Friday. The killing marks a major escalation in the long-running conflict and deepens fears of a wider regional war. • Nasrallah was one of the founders of Hezbollah, which formed four decades ago with the aid of Iran, and oversaw its transformation into one of the most powerful paramilitary forces in the Middle East. • The strikes that killed Nasrallah targeted a densely populated area, killing at least six people and wounding dozens more, according to Lebanon’s health ministry. Israel is carrying out more strikes Saturday on what it says are Hezbollah targets in Beirut, as Lebanese officials report over 1,000 people killed since last week. • As many as half a million people have likely been displaced by recent fighting in southern Lebanon, the country’s health minister says. A CNN team saw people sleeping in the street during the latest strikes. The Israel Defense Forces says a senior Hezbollah intelligence leader, Hassan Khalil Yassin, was killed in one of its airstrikes on the Dahiyeh area of Beirut. The IDF said Yassin worked with Hezbollah’s offensive units to personally plan terror attacks against Israeli civilians on the northern border and deep within Israeli territory.