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Supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei declared public mourning after Nasrallah’s death, as did Lebanon and Iraq (ZAYYAT/AFP via Getty Images)

Israel kills Hezbollah chief Hassan Nasrallah in Beirut air strike

Nasrallah had enjoyed cult status among his Shiite Muslim supporters, and was the only man in Lebanon with the power to wage war or make peace

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Damaged cars in the Dahieh district of southern Beirut, Lebanon, on September 21, 2024, after an Israeli strike. (Photo by Houssam Shbaro/Anadolu via Getty Images)

Israel hits Beirut again in second day of strikes

Hezbollah and its arch-foe Israel have been exchanging near-daily cross-border fire since the Gaza war erupted last October

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