Hezbollah Lebanon Confirms Death of Nasrallah

Hezbollah Lebanon has finally confirmed the death of Hassan Nasrallah, its Secretary-General, in Israeli attacks on Friday. The Israeli army confirmed on Saturday that Hassan Nasrallah was killed in an airstrike by its fighter jets on Hezbollah's main headquarters in the southern suburbs of Beirut. According to Hezbollah's claim, Nasrallah has 'joined the caravan of the martyrs of Karbala' and 'has achieved his long-held wish.' Reuters reported on Friday, October 6, citing eyewitnesses that following the Israeli airstrikes on Hezbollah positions in the southern suburbs of Beirut, powerful explosions shook the capital of Lebanon, and thick columns of smoke rose. The Israeli army announced on Friday that in these attacks, it targeted the central command headquarters of Hezbollah, the Iranian-backed militia, in the suburbs of Beirut. Following this attack on Hezbollah's headquarters in the southern 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 with several other Lebanese clerics. He served for a time as the executive head of Hezbollah and was elected Secretary-General in 1992 after the death of Abbas Musawi. Hassan Nasrallah was born on August 31, 1960, in the town of al-Bazourieh, east of Tyre in southern Lebanon. In 1976, encouraged by the Imam Juma of Tyre, he went to Najaf to study religious sciences and after returning from Najaf in 1979, he became a member of the political bureau of the Amal Movement and represented this movement in the Bekaa Valley. In 1982, Nasrallah separated from the Amal organization along with a group of other clerics and founded Hezbollah Lebanon. He survived at least four assassination attempts between 2004 and 2011, leading to the establishment of a 150-member security team responsible for his protection. Throughout these years, Nasrallah avoided public appearances due to fears of assassination, and most of his speeches were broadcast via video for his supporters. After Sobhi 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 Khamenei's 'accurate predictions' in one of his interviews, stating: 'In a meeting in 1999, he emphasized 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, we have money.' This speech coincided with the slogan 'Neither Gaza nor Lebanon, my life is for Iran' during public protests in the streets of Iran. The United States supported Israel's approach in the Gaza ceasefire negotiations. Benjamin Netanyahu announced that Israel had 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 Minister of Defense criticized the positions of the United Nations. Channel 12 of Israeli television reported that Hezbollah agents' pagers were deliberately produced and exploded. 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, stating it was unprecedented in history. A new wave of explosions in Lebanon resulted in at least 14 deaths and 450 injuries due to the explosion of Hezbollah's radios. Reuters reported that Israel had planted explosives in the pagers ordered by Hezbollah months ago.