真主党领导人哈桑·纳斯鲁拉和其他指挥官在2004年被杀以色列的该组织和以色列官员周六证实了对贝鲁特的空袭。在他的死讯被证实后，以色列继续对这座城市发动袭击。
伊朗国家媒体周六宣布，伊朗革命卫队将军阿巴斯·尼尔弗鲁山(Abbas Nilforoushan)也在以色列杀死真主党领导人的袭击中丧生。Nilforoushan是IRGC行动的副指挥官，因镇压伊朗抗议活动而受到美国制裁。
据一名美国高级官员称，以色列正准备对黎巴嫩进行有限的地面入侵。据该官员称，以色列拒绝了欧盟的停火提议，即使是短暂的提议，也没有与拜登政府保持沟通。
美国和以色列认为他们在过去几周已经消灭了大约30名真主党高层领导人。一名美国高级官员告诉美国广播公司新闻，在剩下的真主党领导人中，有人担心他们中间有间谍。
以色列称，从一夜到周六早上，它袭击了140多个真主党目标。
黎巴嫩交通部的一名高级官员向ABC新闻证实，以色列周六还入侵了贝鲁特机场的控制塔系统，以警告一架飞往贝鲁特的伊朗客机不要在那里降落。黎巴嫩交通部长随后告诉该飞机不要进入黎巴嫩领空。
以色列总理本雅明·内塔尼亚胡说，暗杀真主党领导人哈桑·纳斯鲁拉是为那些参与杀戮的人“算了一笔账”。内塔尼亚胡说，本周早些时候他下令暗杀纳斯鲁拉时，他决定以色列对真主党的所作所为是“不够的”，但发出了警告。
“工作尚未完成。在未来几天，我们将面临重大挑战...在伊朗或中东，没有一个地方是以色列的长臂伸不到的，今天你已经知道这是多么真实，”内塔尼亚胡说。“我们决心继续打击我们的敌人，让我们的居民返回家园，并归还所有被绑架者。”
美国总统乔·拜登在周六的一份声明中称纳斯鲁拉的死是“对他的众多受害者，包括成千上万的美国人、以色列人和黎巴嫩平民的正义之举”。
拜登说:“美国完全支持以色列针对真主党、哈马斯、胡塞武装以及任何其他伊朗支持的恐怖组织进行自卫的权利。”。
“最终，我们的目标是通过外交手段缓和加沙和黎巴嫩的持续冲突，”他补充说。
以色列使用了掩体炸弹-一枚旨在穿透地下目标的弹药----在杀死纳斯鲁拉的袭击中，据一名熟悉此次袭击的以色列官员称，目标是贝鲁特Dahieh地区一栋住宅楼地下的一个位置。以色列表示，袭击发生时，该组织的高级指挥链正在总部运作。
“真主党恐怖组织的领导人和创始人之一哈桑·纳斯鲁拉(Hassan Nasrallah)已经被以色列国防军消灭，同时被消灭的还有真主党南方阵线的指挥官阿里·卡尔基(Ali Karki)，以及其他真主党指挥官，”以色列国防军在周六上午发表的一份声明中表示。
“在哈桑·纳斯鲁拉作为真主党秘书长的32年统治期间，他对许多以色列平民和士兵的谋杀以及数以千计的恐怖活动的策划和实施负责，”以色列国防军的声明说。“他对在世界各地指挥和实施恐怖袭击负有责任，在这些袭击中，不同国籍的平民被杀害。纳斯鲁拉是该组织的中央决策者和战略领导人。”
以色列国防军表示，他们将继续“打击任何宣扬和参与针对以色列国及其人民的恐怖主义的人”
真主党称杀害其领导人和以贝鲁特的住宅楼为目标是“懦弱的恐怖主义行为，屠杀和令人发指的罪行”该组织发誓要“继续圣战，对抗敌人，支持加沙和巴勒斯坦，捍卫黎巴嫩及其坚定和可敬的人民。”
尽管周五的袭击目标是纳斯鲁拉，并且在黎巴嫩进行了大规模的夜间袭击，但是真主党继续向以色列发射火箭和导弹。到目前为止，他们已经发布了七份关于周六袭击以色列的声明。
五角大楼发言人帕特·赖德少将周六在一份声明中说，美国国防部长劳埃德·奥斯汀两次与以色列国防部长约阿夫·加兰特就对黎巴嫩的袭击进行了交谈，并“表示完全支持以色列保卫自己和人民免受伊朗支持的恐怖组织袭击的权利”。
赖德说:“国务卿明确表示，美国仍然保持保护该地区美军和设施的姿态，并致力于保卫以色列。”
最近几天，以色列和真主党之间的紧张局势持续升级，以色列官员表示，他们正在准备对黎巴嫩进行地面入侵。自从以色列开始袭击黎巴嫩以来，已经锁定并杀害了几名真主党高级官员。
内塔尼亚胡近日表示，以色列将继续“全力”打击真主党，并警告支持真主党的伊朗和整个中东地区。
“如果你们攻击我们，我们也会攻击你们，”内塔尼亚胡在联合国大会上对伊朗说。
伊朗领导人阿亚图拉·哈梅内伊发表声明，对纳斯鲁拉之死不予置评，但坚称“抵抗力量”不会被摧毁。他在一份声明中说，“该地区的命运”将由“以真主党为首的抵抗力量”决定。
Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah killed in Israeli airstrikes on Beirut
Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah and other commanders were killed inIsraeliairstrikes on Beirut, the group and Israeli officials confirmed on Saturday. After his death was confirmed, Israel continued firing strikes on the city.
An Iranian Revolutionary Guard general, Abbas Nilforoushan, was also killed in the Israeli strike that killed the Hezbollah leader, Iranian state media announced Saturday. Nilforoushan was the deputy commander for operations of the IRGC, and was sanctioned by the U.S. for his role in suppressing protests in Iran.
Israel is preparing for a limited ground incursion into Lebanon, according to a senior U.S. official. Israel has rejected a cease-fire proposal from the European Union -- even a short one, according to the official, and have not maintained communication with the Biden administration.
The U.S. and Israel believe they have eliminated around 30 top Hezbollah leaders over the last several weeks. Of the remaining Hezbollah leaders, there is worry about spies among their ranks, a senior U.S. official told ABC News.
Israel said it struck over 140 Hezbollah targets overnight and into Saturday morning.
Israel also hacked the control tower system at the Beirut Airport on Saturday to warn an Iranian passenger plane that was headed for Beirut not to land there, a senior official at the Lebanon Ministry of Transport confirms to ABC News. The Lebanese Minister of Transportation then told the plane not to enter Lebanese airspace.
Israel Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said that the assassination of Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah "settled accounts" for those who had a hand in killing. Netanyahu said he came to the decision that what Israel had done to Hezbollah was "not enough" earlier this week when he gave the order to assassinate Nasrallah, but issued a warning.
"The work is not yet complete. In the coming days we will face significant challenges ... There is no place in Iran or the Middle East that the long arm of Israel will not reach, and today you already know how true this is," Netanyahu said. "We are determined to continue to strike at our enemies, return our residents to their homes, and return all our abductees."
President Joe Biden called Nasrallah's death "a measure of justice for his many victims, including thousands of Americans, Israelis, and Lebanese civilians," in a statement Saturday.
"The United States fully supports Israel’s right to defend itself against Hezbollah, Hamas, the Houthis, and any other Iranian-supported terrorist groups," Biden said.
"Ultimately, our aim is to de-escalate the ongoing conflicts in both Gaza and Lebanon through diplomatic means," he added.
Israel usedbunker busters-- a munition designed to penetrate targets underground -- in the strike that killed Nasrallah, targeting a location underground embedded under a residential building in the area of Dahieh in Beirut, according to an Israel official familiar with the strike. Israel said the strike was conducted while the group's senior chain of command were operating from their headquarters.
"Hassan Nasrallah, the leader of the Hezbollah terrorist organization and one of its founders, was eliminated by the IDF, together with Ali Karki, the Commander of Hezbollah's Southern Front, and additional Hezbollah commanders," the IDF said in a statement issued on Saturday morning.
"During Hassan Nasrallah's 32-year reign as the Secretary-General of Hezbollah, he was responsible for the murder of many Israeli civilians and soldiers, and the planning and execution of thousands of terrorist activities," the IDF statement read. "He was responsible for directing and executing terrorist attacks around the world in which civilians of various nationalities were murdered. Nasrallah was the central decision-maker and the strategic leader of the organization."
The IDF said that they will continue to operate "against anyone who promotes and engages in terrorism against the State of Israel and its people."
Hezbollah called the killing of its leader and the targeting of residential buildings in Beirut "a cowardly terrorist act, a massacre and a heinous crime." The group vowed to "continue its jihad in confronting the enemy, supporting Gaza and Palestine, and defending Lebanon and its steadfast and honorable people."
Despite the strike targeting Nasrallah on Friday and massive overnight strikes on Lebanon, Hezbollah continues to fire rockets and missiles into Israel. So far, they have released seven statements on attacks toward Israel on Saturday.
U.S. Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin spoke to his Israeli counterpart, Israeli Minister of Defense Yoav Gallant, twice regarding the strikes on Lebanon and "expressed full support for Israel's right to defend itself and its people against Iranian backed terrorist groups," Pentagon spokesperson Maj. Gen. Pat Ryder said in a statement Saturday.
"The Secretary made it clear that the United States remains postured to protect U.S. forces and facilities in the region and committed to the defense of Israel," Ryder said.
Tensions have continued to rise between Israel and Hezbollah in recent days with Israeli officials saying they are preparing for a ground invasion into Lebanon. Israel has targeted and killed several high level Hezbollah officials since it began its attacks on Lebanon.
Netanyahu said in recent days Israel will continue fighting against Hezbollah "with full force," warning Iran -- which backs Hezbollah -- and the entire Middle East.
"If you strike us, we will strike you," Netanyahu said at the United Nations General Assembly, addressing Iran.
The leader of Iran, Ayatollah Khamenei, released a statement that didn't comment on the death of Nasrallah, but insisted that "the resistance" will not be destroyed. The "fate of the region" will be decided by the "resistance forces and at the head of them is Hezbollah," he said in a statement.
