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On 27 September 2024, Hassan Nasrallah, the secretary-general of Hezbollah, was assassinated in an Israeli airstrike in Beirut. [1] [2] The strike took place while Hezbollah leaders were meeting at a headquarters located 60 feet (18 m) underground beneath residential buildings in Haret Hreik in the Dahieh suburb to the south of Beirut.
Nasrallah was not the only top Hezbollah leader to die in Friday's strike. Ali Karki, the commander of Hezbollah’s Southern Front and other commanders were also killed, the Israeli military said
Hassan Nasrallah (Arabic: حسن نصر الله, romanized: Ḥasan Naṣr-Allāh, pronounced [ˈħasan nasˤraˈɫːaːh]; 31 August 1960 – 27 September 2024) was a Lebanese cleric and politician who served as the third secretary-general of Hezbollah, a Shia Islamist political party and militia, from 1992 until his assassination in 2024.
Hassan Nasrallah's background. Nasrallah was born in Beirut in 1960, the ninth of 10 children in a Shia family. His family was poor and lived an in impoverished northern suburb of Sharshabouk; his ...
A source close to Hezbollah said Nasrallah was still alive after the attack on the southern suburbs of Beirut, a Hezbollah stronghold, on Friday evening. A senior Iranian security official said ...
The other two were Hassan Nasrallah and Naim Qassem. [13] He was regarded as second only to Nasrallah. [7] In 2006, Safieddine was reportedly promoted by Iran as a possible successor to Hassan Nasrallah for the post of Secretary-General of Hezbollah. [8] [14] Safieddine was one of six clerics who were members of the Shura Council of Hezbollah. [15]
Israel targeted Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah in a strike Friday on Beirut, according to a senior U.S. official.. At least two people were killed and 76 others were injured in the strike ...
Fuad Shukr, the target of the attack, was listed as a Specially Designated Global Terrorist by the U.S., and served as a senior advisor on military affairs to Hassan Nasrallah, secretary-general of Hezbollah. He also served in Hezbollah's highest military body, the Jihad Council.