hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah, who led the terrorist group for more than 30 years, was killed in an Israeli airstrike.
Nasrullah (64) is killed in a massive airstrike The Israel Defense Forces said in a statement Friday that the Iran-backed organization’s “central headquarters” is located in Beirut, Lebanon.
Hezbollah acknowledged Nasrallah’s death, saying its longtime leader had “joined the ranks of martyrs.”
The airstrike also killed Hezbollah Southern Front commander Ali Karki and other Hezbollah leaders, the IDF said. The IDF said the leaders were in a command facility “embedded beneath a residential building.” Israeli military officials said that real-time information about operational opportunities allows them to: carry out a strike.
The afternoon strike was part of a series of strikes. Huge explosion targeting leaders The armed forces that opened fire rocket and drone It took almost a year to cross the southern Lebanese border into Israel during the war with Lebanon. Israel and Hamas.
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Hassan Nasrallah Biography
Nasrallah was born in Beirut in 1960, the ninth of 10 children in a Shiite family. At the time, the city was known as the “Paris of the Middle East.” civil war in lebanon Riots broke out in 1975, leaving the city in dire straits.
Meanwhile, Nasrallah’s family fled Beirut. He joined a Shiite militia called the Amal Movement, which later evolved into Hezbollah, meaning “Party of God.” Since its inception, the organization has been supported by Iran, which trains its fighters and sends hundreds of millions of dollars each year, according to Israeli and U.S. officials.
Nasrallah studied abroad in Iran for a while, but then returned to the group and became Hezbollah’s secretary-general. Israel assassinated his predecessorAbbas al-Moussawi in a 1992 helicopter attack.
Hezbollah under Hasrallah
Under Nasrallah’s fiery and charismatic leadership, Hezbollah embodied the threat of destroying the US presence in Israel and Lebanon. Washington declared the organization a terrorist group in October 1997.
The group’s military wing has been implicated in mass-casualty bombings at two U.S. embassies in the 1980s. The bombing killed more than 80 people and injured hundreds more. Hezbollah has also been linked to plane hijackings, kidnappings, suicide bombings, and espionage operations around the world.
Hezbollah has also expanded politically, winning elected seats in the Lebanese parliament over the past three decades and becoming highly visible throughout Lebanon.
Prime Minister Nasrallah feared assassination
As Hezbollah’s profile has grown, Mr. Nasrallah’s public appearances have become rarer. Fearing assassination, he chose to speak by video from a secret location.
in him last statement aired on televisionon September 19, he condemned Israel. Pager and walkie-talkie explosion attack Dozens of Hezbollah fighters were killed and thousands more injured. In his last words, he vowed, “Retribution will definitely come.”
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