Hezbollah confirms death of leader Hassan Nasrallah in Israeli air strike on Beirut

The Israeli military said earlier that the strike was carried out while the Hezbollah leadership was meeting at their headquarters in Dahiyeh

Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah has been killed (Bilal Hussein/AP)

Hezbollah has confirmed that its leader Hassan Nasrallah was killed in an Israeli air strike in Beirut.

A statement on Saturday said Mr Nasrallah, who led the Lebanese group for more than three decades, “has joined his fellow martyrs”.