The Israeli assault has also killed hundreds of ordinary Lebanese, Lebanese officials say, and forced 1.2 million people - almost a quarter of the population - from their homes.
BEIRUT: Massive consecutive strikes hit Beirut's southern suburbs early on Sunday , Reuters eyewitnesses said, sending booms across the Lebanese capital and sparking flashes of red and white for nearly 30 minutes visible from several kilometres away.
The Israeli military said it eliminated Nasrallah in a strike on the group's central command headquarters in Beirut on Sep 27. Hezbollah confirmed he had been killed. Israeli military spokesperson Rear Admiral Daniel Hagari said on Saturday that Israel had killed 440 Hezbollah fighters in its ground operations in southern Lebanon and destroyed 2,000 Hezbollah targets.Israel says it stepped up its assault on Hezbollah to enable the safe return of tens of thousands of citizens to homes in northern Israel, bombarded by the group since last Oct 8.
The Israeli military said in a statement that it had killed two Hamas members operating in Lebanon, but did not say whether they had been in Tripoli, a Sunni Muslim-majority port city also targeted during a 2006 war with Hezbollah.In northern Israel, air raid sirens on Saturday sent people running for shelters amid rocket fire from Lebanon.
Israel on Monday will mark the first anniversary of Hamas' attack on southern Israel, in which 1,200 people were killed and about 250 taken hostage, according to Israeli tallies.
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