Iran vows to avenge Hezbollah chief's death, calls for Security Council meeting

In the past 24 hours, fresh Israeli strikes in Lebanon killed 33 people and injured 195 others, the Lebanese health ministry said. Over 1,000 people have been killed in Israeli attacks since two weeks, while around 6,000 have been injured.

In Short

• Iran seeks revenge for Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah's killing
• Lebanon fires projectile after Nasrallah's killing that crashes into Israel-occupied West Bank
• Over 1 million Lebanese displaced amid Israeli airstrikes

Amid escalating tensions between Israel and Hezbollah, especially after the killing of Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah, Iran has called an emergency meeting of the UN Security Council as it seeks to take revenge on the Jewish nation.

A projectile was fired by Lebanon following Nasrallah's killing, which crashed into the Israel-occupied West Bank area on Saturday, causing a fire. However, no injuries were reported in the incident.

Air raid sirens were also sounded on the outskirts of Jerusalem and the West Bank, according to Israeli alert apps, which the Israeli military said were triggered by "a launch from Lebanon toward Israeli territory".

In his first public statement, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netenyahu described the killing of Hassan Nasrallah as "a historic turning point".

Israeli strikes in Lebanon killed 33 people and wounded 195 others on Saturday, the Lebanese health ministry said. More than 1,000 people have been killed and more than 6,000 wounded as a result of Israeli attacks in the past two weeks, and about one million Lebanese have been displaced by the strikes.

1. Thousands of Iranians took to the streets on Saturday in Tehran and across the country, condemning the killing of Hezbollah chief Hassan Nasrallah and seeking 'revenge' against Israel’s offensive against Lebanon. Images showed protesters carrying portraits of Nasrallah and chanting slogans like "Revenge," "Down with Israel," and "Down with the US".
2. Celebrations broke out in Syria after Israel confirmed the killing of Nasrallah. Hezbollah is seen as an enemy by the people as the militant group has helped President Bashar al-Assad suppress the Syrian revolution. Thousands of Syrians have reportedly been killed by Hezbollah after it sent around 50,000 thousand of its fighters to help Assad during the civil war.
3. Sirens were sounded in the city of Eilat, Israel Defence Forces said on Sunday. This comes after sirens were sounded on the outskirts of Jerusalem and the West Bank, which the Israeli military said were triggered by "a launch from Lebanon toward Israeli territory".
4. The Israel Defence Forces (IDF) claimed that a top commander in Hezbollah’s intelligence division was killed in an Israeli airstrike in the Dahiyeh suburb of Beirut, The Times of Israel reported. IDF said that Hassan Khalil Yassin headed a unit in Hezbollah's intelligence division that was tasked with locating Israeli military and civilian sites in Israel to be targeted.
5. Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei has reportedly been moved to a secure location in Iran following Nasrallah's killing.
6. Lebanon has declared a three-day mourning period after Hezbollah leader Nasrallah was killed in an Israeli airstrike on Beirut.
7. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, while reacting to Hezbollah leader Nasrallah's killing, said that Israel had "settled the account" with a "mass murderer" responsible for the killings of "countless Israelis" and many American and French citizens. He said Nasrallah's killing was a "historic turning point".
8. Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei said the savage nature of the "rabid Zionist regime" had been revealed after Nasrallah was killed by Israel. He said that the group "failed to learn a lesson from its year-long criminal war in Gaza".
9. US President Joe Biden said that Nasrallah's killing was a "measure of justice" for his many victims, including thousands of Americans, Israelis, and Lebanese civilians. He, however, called for an immediate ceasefire in Lebanon when asked if a ground incursion into Lebanon by Israel was inevitable.
10. British Foreign Secretary David Lammy said he had spoken with Lebanon's Prime Minister Najib Mikati on Saturday, agreeing on the need "for an immediate ceasefire to bring an end to the bloodshed".