A brigadier general in Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) was among those killed in Israeli strikes on a headquarters of the Lebanese militant group Hezbollah, according to Iranian media reports.

Hezbollah has confirmed the death of Hassan Nasrallah, posing a dilemma for Iran, regional analyst Hamidreza Azizi told Newsweek.

BEIRUT—Israel said it killed Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah with a massive airstrike on Beirut’s southern suburbs Friday, flattening part of a neighborhood to eliminate the cleric who led the group for three decades and built it into a fearsome foe.

Iranian supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei is convening a high-level security meeting after Israel launched massive airstrikes in Beirut targeting

Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei issued a statement on Saturday calling Israel's policy of "massacring the people in Lebanon" as "short-sighted and stupid". He stressed that the "Zionist criminals" were "far too weak to inflict damage on Hezbollah".

Iran's Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei has been moved to a safe location. This decision follows reports regarding the elimination of Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah, reports Reuters. Two Iranian officials informed the publication that Iran's Supreme Leader has been relocated to a secure location within the country under heightened security measures.