Hassan Nasrallah — the secretary-general of Iran-backed terrorist group Hezbollah — was killed by an Israeli airstrike in Beirut on Friday in what is a major escalation in Israel’s military action in Lebanon, according to the Israeli Defense Forces

“Hassan Nasrallah will no longer be able to terrorize the world,” the IDF claimed on X on Saturday.

Nasrallah, 64, was in a bunker beneath the group’s main headquarters in Beirut Friday when Israeli warplanes dropped bombs that “leveled six buildings” and took out several Hezbollah honchos in a targeted attack on the longtime terror leader.

The Israel Defense Forces confirmed it also neutralized Muhammad Ali Ismail — the commander of Hezbollah’s missile unit in southern Lebanon — as well as his deputy, Hussein Ahmad Ismail, and other “commanders and operatives” who were in attendance at the meeting.

This latest strike came after Israel killed three senior Hezbollah military commanders earlier in the week. Those strikes reportedly killed over 700 soldiers and civilians.

Nasrallah was a founding member of the Iranian-backed militant group and served as its sole leader since 1992, when his predecessor and co-founder Abbas al-Musawi was also killed by an Israeli airstrike.

Israeli officials told The Post Nasrallah was at the center of Iran’s “Axis of Resistance.” His death is considered a major victory in their ongoing campaign against hostile regional forces in the aftermath of Hamas’ deadly Oct. 7 assault on Israel.

The IDF posted a warning on its X account after the attack.

“Hezbollah has over 150,000 rockets, meant to kill Israeli civilians,” the text read. “Some are strategically placed beneath civilian populations.

“We have called on Lebanese civilians in specific buildings in the Dahiya neighborhood to move away from areas being used by Hezbollah.”

The targeting of Nasrallah Friday was followed by another series of bombings in Beirut early Saturday. The actions are widely considered a dangerous escalation of the ongoing war in the region.

The international community has expressed concern that these bombings in Lebanon would inevitably lead to an even wider war in the Middle East.

“Shockwaves radiating from the unprecedented death and destruction in Gaza now threaten to push the entire region into the abyss,” UN Secretary-General Antonio Gutierez told the Security Council Friday.

“War in Lebanon could lead to further escalation involving outside powers.”

A defiant Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu gave a fiery speech at the United Nations on Friday.  Dozens of dignitaries walked out in protest as he spoke, leading Bibi to accuse the UN of being a “swamp of antisemitic bile.”

Netanyahu also turned his ire toward terror-backing Iran. “I have a message for the tyrants of Tehran: If you strike us, we will strike you.”

The bombing requited a response from Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, who called an emergency session of the nation’s Supreme National Security Council at his home on Friday, according to a report.

The bombs would drop in Beirut shortly after his speech, in which he again eschewed any talk of a cease-fire.

No word on who will take over as secretary-general of Hezbollah after the death of Nasrallah.