Medical and security officials who pulled Nasrallah’s body out of the hole in southern Beirut, however, told Reuters that he was most likely killed by blunt trauma due to the explosions.

Nasrallah led the militant group for more than three decades. His death could dramatically reshape conflicts across the Middle East.

Slain Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah's successor Hashem Safi al-Din has been "unreachable" after he was targeted by Israel in airstrikes on Beirut.

Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah, who led the terror group for more than 30 years, was killed in an Israeli airstrike. Nasrallah, 64, was killed during a massive airstrike on the Iran-backed group's "central headquarters" in Beirut, Lebanon on Friday, the Israel Defense Forces said in a statement.

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

The Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah was killed in an attack on the southern suburbs of Beirut. Media are now reporting how he could have been detected there. One of the suggested leads is an earlier handshake by Nasrallah with an Israeli agent.

Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah reportedly died in a shocking manner during an Israeli airstrike on September 27. According to Israeli news outlet Channel 12, Nasrallah may have suffocated from toxic gases inside his secret bunker after it was demolished by 80 tons of “bunker-busting” bombs.