Beirut: Agencies
The Israeli army spokesman officially announced the assassination of Hassan Nasrallah, in the Israeli raids that reached 18 raids targeting the party's command center in the southern suburb of Beirut on Friday evening, despite the continued ambiguity from Hezbollah about his fate.
The Israeli army radio said that estimates indicate that Hashem Safieddine was not killed in the attack that targeted the southern suburb of Beirut.
The Israeli occupation army said that it "eliminated Hassan Nasrallah, the leader of the Hezbollah organization and one of its founders, yesterday, as well as Ali Karaki, the commander of the southern front in Hezbollah, and a number of other leaders in Hezbollah."
He added in a statement today: "The air force planes, with precise intelligence guidance from the security establishment's intelligence agency, raided the central headquarters of Hezbollah located underground under a residential building in the southern suburb area, and the raid was carried out at a time when the leadership of Hezbollah was present inside the headquarters and they were coordinating activities against the citizens of Israel." An IDF spokesperson continued in a statement: "During his 32 years of leadership of the Hezbollah organization, Hassan Nasrallah was responsible for the killing of a large number of Israeli citizens and IDF soldiers, in addition to planning and executing thousands of actions against Israel and around the world." He continued: "Hassan Nasrallah was the main decision-maker in the organization and had the sole and final say on every strategic decision made by Hezbollah and sometimes on tactical decisions as well." The statement concluded by saying: "The Hezbollah organization and its leader Hassan Nasrallah joined the war against Israel on October 8. Since then, Hezbollah has continued its attacks against the citizens of Israel and has dragged the State of Lebanon and the region into escalation. The IDF will continue to target anyone who promotes and is involved in actions against the citizens of the State of Israel." According to what was reported by the Youm7 website in Cairo today, Saturday
Who is Hassan Nasrallah? Hassan Nasrallah, the party’s secretary-general for 32 years, is a Shiite cleric who has led the Hezbollah movement in Lebanon since February 1992.

At 63, Hassan Nasrallah is considered a political and military leader in Lebanon, despite the division over his status, his political opponents’ rejection of his dominance in the Lebanese arena, and Hezbollah’s dissemination of Shiite ideological foundations.
The group is currently one of the most important political parties in Lebanon, and has its own armed forces alongside the Lebanese National Army.
He is the main face of Hezbollah and has played a major role in the group’s historical transformation into political power and gaining influence in the Lebanese government structure.
He is widely popular in Lebanon and has a special relationship with Iran and its leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei.
Hassan Nasrallah was born in August 1960 in a poor neighborhood in eastern Beirut. His father owned a small grocery store, and Nasrallah was the eldest of nine children.
He was 15 years old when the Lebanese civil war began.
According to the BBC and according to what was reported by the Youm7 website in Cairo, at the age of 15, Hassan Nasrallah joined the most important Lebanese Shiite political-military group at the time: the Amal Movement, an influential and activist group founded by Imam Musa al-Sadr. Hassan Nasrallah immigrated to Najaf at the age of 16. Although Nasrallah studied in Najaf for only two years and was then forced to leave Iraq, his presence in Najaf had a profound impact on the life of this young Lebanese man: in Najaf, he met another cleric named Abbas al-Musawi. After returning to Lebanon, the two joined the fighting in the civil war. But this time, Nasrallah headed to Abbas al-Musawi's hometown in the town of Nabi Sheet in the Bekaa.
A year after Hassan Nasrallah's return to Lebanon, a revolution took place in Iran. Ruhollah Khomeini, who was admired by clerics such as Abbas al-Musawi and Hassan Nasrallah, seized power.
As instability in Lebanon escalated, Israel attacked the country in June 1982, quickly occupying large parts of it.
Shortly after the Israeli invasion, the leaders of Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps decided to create a militia group in Lebanon that would be entirely subordinate to Iran. They chose the name by which they were known in Iran to be the name of this group: “Hezbollah.” In 1985, Hezbollah officially announced its establishment. Hassan Nasrallah and Abbas al-Musawi, along with some other members of the Amal Movement, joined this newly created group. It was led by another figure named Subhi al-Tufayli.

When Nasrallah joined Hezbollah, he was only 22 years old and by Shiite cleric standards, he was considered a novice. In the mid-1980s, as Nasrallah’s relationship with Iran deepened, he decided to move to the city of Qom to continue his religious studies. During his time at the Qom seminary, Nasrallah became fluent in Persian and established close friendships with many of Iran’s political and military elites. When Nasrallah returned to Lebanon, a major rift arose between him and Abbas al-Musawi. In 1991, Subhi al-Tufayli was removed from the position of Secretary-General of Hezbollah due to his opposition to the group’s ties to Iran, and Abbas al-Musawi was appointed in his place. After Tufayli was removed, Hassan Nasrallah returned to his country, after his positions on Syria’s role in Lebanon had apparently changed, and he effectively became Hezbollah’s second-in-command. Hezbollah Leadership Abbas al-Musawi was assassinated by Israeli agents less than a year after he was elected Secretary-General of Hezbollah. That same year, 1992, the leadership of the group passed to Hassan Nasrallah. At the time, he was 32 years old, and many considered his choice to be linked to his special relations with Iran. Even from the perspective of many Shiite clerics, Nasrallah lacked sufficient religious education, which is why he resumed his studies in parallel with his leadership duties.
One of Hassan Nasrallah’s important initiatives at the time was to nominate some of his affiliates and members of Hezbollah in the Lebanese elections. A year had passed since the Saudi mediation in the Lebanese civil war and its end in the Taif Agreement. Nasrallah decided to make Hezbollah’s political wing a serious player in the country alongside the military branch.
In 2000, Israel announced that it would withdraw completely from Lebanon, ending its occupation of the southern regions of the country. Hezbollah celebrated this event as a major victory, and credit was given to Hassan Nasrallah.
After Israel’s withdrawal from Lebanon, Lebanese and foreign political forces began demanding that Hezbollah disarm, while the party clung to its weapons.
Later, Nasrallah reached a prisoner exchange agreement during negotiations with Israel, which resulted in the release of more than 400 Palestinian and Lebanese prisoners and citizens of other Arab countries. At that time, Nasrallah appeared more powerful and influential than ever, and his opponents in Lebanese politics faced a serious challenge in confronting him and preventing the expansion of his influence and power.