Hezbollah leader was killed last year inside war operations room, aide discloses

Hassan Nasrallah was killed in an Israeli air strike in September. Picture:  Vahid Salemi/AP

Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah was killed in an Israeli air strike last year while inside the militant group’s war operations room, according to new details disclosed by a senior official.

A series of Israeli air strikes flattened several buildings in Beirut’s southern suburbs on September 27, killing Nasrallah. The Lebanese Health Ministry said six people died.