France: Our Intelligence Assessment Indicates Nasrallah Has Been Killed

The French Foreign Ministry states that according to its intelligence assessment, Sayyid Hassan Nasrallah, the leader of Hezbollah, has been killed. Hezbollah, which is supported by the Iranian government, has not yet issued any statement regarding Nasrallah's status. The French Foreign Ministry announced in a statement: "According to the information we have, Hassan Nasrallah, the Secretary-General of Hezbollah, has been killed." The Israeli army confirmed on Saturday that Hassan Nasrallah, the Secretary-General of Hezbollah Lebanon, was killed in an attack by Israeli fighter jets on the main Hezbollah headquarters in the southern suburbs of Beirut the previous night. Reuters reported on Friday, October 6, citing eyewitnesses, that following Israeli airstrikes on Hezbollah positions in the southern suburbs of Beirut, powerful explosions shook the Lebanese capital and thick columns of smoke rose. The Israeli army announced on Friday that it targeted the central command headquarters of Hezbollah, the Iran-backed militia, in the suburbs of Beirut during these attacks. Following this attack on Hezbollah's headquarters in the suburbs of Beirut, conflicting reports about the fate of Hassan Nasrallah, the leader of this group, have emerged. Nasrallah co-founded Hezbollah Lebanon in 1982 along with several other Lebanese clerics. He was the executive director of Hezbollah for a time and was elected as Secretary-General of Hezbollah in 1992 after the assassination of Abbas Musawi. Hassan Nasrallah was born on August 31, 1960, in the town of al-Bazourieh in eastern Tyre in southern Lebanon. In 1976, encouraged by the Friday prayer leader of Tyre, he went to Najaf to study religious sciences, and after returning from Najaf in 1979, he became a member of the political office of the Amal Movement and represented this movement in the Beqaa Valley. In 1982, he separated from the Amal Movement along with a group of other clerics and founded Hezbollah Lebanon. He survived at least four assassination attempts between 2004 and 2011, ultimately leading to a 150-member security team taking responsibility for his protection. Throughout these years, Nasrallah avoided public appearances due to the fear of being killed, and most of his speeches were broadcast through displays for his supporters. After Subhi al-Tufayli and Abbas Musawi, he was the third Secretary-General of Hezbollah Lebanon and one of the most loyal commanders of the Islamic Republic's proxy forces to Ali Khamenei. Nasrallah, who always referred to the leader of the Islamic Republic as a "great and exceptional personality," mentioned in one of his interviews the "accurate predictions" of Khamenei, stating: "In a meeting in 1999, he emphasized to us that your victory in Lebanon is very close, so close that you cannot even imagine it." In one of his most famous speeches to the people of Iran and the world, he stated: "I say clearly in front of the world, the budget and expenses for the food, weapons, and missiles of Hezbollah come from the Islamic Republic of Iran, and no sanctions will affect this process." He also emphasized: "As long as Iran has money, it means we have money." This speech coincided with the slogan "Not Gaza, Not Lebanon, My Life is for Iran" during popular protests in the streets of Iran. The United States supported Israel's approach in the Gaza ceasefire negotiations. Benjamin Netanyahu announced that Israel has not responded to the ceasefire proposal between Israel and Lebanon. The founder of Hezbollah Lebanon called for the trial and punishment of the leader of the Islamic Republic. Guterres expressed concern about the situation in Gaza and Lebanon; the Israeli Defense Minister criticized the UN's positions. Channel 12 of Israeli television reported that Hezbollah agents' pagers were deliberately produced and detonated. Reuters reported that Hezbollah distributed the "pagers" among its members hours before the explosion. Blinken called for restraint in the region, especially in Lebanon. Nasrallah acknowledged the severe military and security damage inflicted on Hezbollah: it was unprecedented in history. A new wave of explosions in Lebanon resulted in at least 14 deaths and 450 injuries due to the detonation of Hezbollah's radios. Reuters reported that Israel had planted explosives in the pagers ordered by Hezbollah months in advance.