On Saturday, Hezbollah finally confirmed a massive development that has sent shockwaves throughout the Middle East. Hassan Nasrallah, the leader of Hezbollah for 32 years, was killed in a major Israeli airstrike. The confirmation came through Hezbollah’s Al-Manar television channel, which announced that Nasrallah had died as a martyr in the attack on Friday in the Dahieh suburb of Beirut.

Hezbollah, a powerful Shia Muslim group based in Lebanon, referred to Nasrallah as the "master of re...