U.S.-designated terror group chief died in “agony” as gases from airstrike explosions gradually choked him, says Israeli news channel.
Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah choked to death in a bunker following the Israeli airstrike on his hideout in Lebanon on Friday, according to an Israeli media report.
The 64-year-old’s body is believed to have been intact when it was pulled from the rubble, suggesting he had not sustained physical wounds as the building around him exploded.
Instead, he had suffocated as toxic fumes leeched into the underground shelter where he was hiding, Israel’s reported on Sunday evening.
The report suggested he was likely to have died in “agony” as the fumes and smoke from the explosions gradually filled the buried room, and made breathing impossible.
Nasrallah had led the militant Islamist group—deemed a terrorist organization by the U.S. for decades. Although based in Lebanon, the organization enjoyed the backing of Iran and had also become a powerful political faction in Lebanon.
Nasrallah was opposed to the very existence of the state of Israel and had launched rocket attacks on the nation after Palestinian group Hamas attacked Israel on October 7 last year, sparking a war between Israel and Hamas.
