The Israeli military claims that Hassan Nasrallah, secretary-general of Hezbollah, was killed in Friday’s airstrike in Beirut, Lebanon.

Hezbollah confirmed Saturday its longtime leader Hassan Nasrallah—the target of Israel’s aerial bombardment on the group’s Beirut headquarters—was killed during the strike, a major victory for Israel but a further escalation in the conflict.

Hassan Nasrallah, the leader of the Lebanese Hezbollah militia, was killed in an Israeli strike on a Beirut suburb on Friday, the Israeli military said on Saturday. Hezbollah has so far not confirmed the death of Nasrallah or commented on the Israeli claims.

The Lebanese group Hezbollah today confirmed that longtime leader Hassan Nasrallah was killed in an Israeli airstrike, a momentous development for the region and a significant escalation in Israel’s conflict with Iran-backed groups there.

A man walks past mugs featuring pictures of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad and Lebanon's Hezbollah leader Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah, who was killed in an Israeli airstrike on Friday, at a souvenir shop during national mourning for Nasrallah,

Hezbollah has confirmed that its powerful leader Hassan Nasrallah was killed in an Israeli strike this weekend.

Tensions across the Middle East only continue to escalate after Israeli strikes killed much of Hezbollah's top command in Lebanon.

Hezbollah has confirmed that another of its senior leaders was killed in an Israeli airstrike. The Israeli military said earlier Sunday that it had killed Nabil Kaouk in an airstrike the day before. He is the seventh senior leader of the Lebanese militant group to be killed since Sept.