Israel killed Nasrallah as he demanded end to war on Gaza, says official

Israel decided to kill Nasrallah after concluding that he would not accept a diplomatic solution to end the fighting on the Israel-Lebanon border that was not dependent on Israel ending the war in Gaza, an Israeli official has told NBC News.

"What we found after over 11 months is that Nasrallah is persistent in tying himself — and the hijacked Lebanese state that he took over — to whatever’s going on in Gaza," the official said.

"He declined every diplomatic effort. He declined messages to stop connecting himself to Gaza. And he continued to fire at Israel, and in the past few weeks or months, even expanded the range and velocity of attacks against Israel."

"This led us to understand that he cannot be part of the game anymore."