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.. Born into a Shia family in the suburbs of Beirut in ...

Sep 28, 2024 · Hassan Nasrallah, who Israel killed in a strike on southern Beirut, turned Hezbollah into one of the most powerful paramilitary forces in the Middle East.. His death caps a series of devastating ...

Jan 27, 2025 · Hassan Nasrallah (born August 31, 1960, Beirut, Lebanon—died September 27, 2024, Dahieh) was a Lebanese militia and political leader who served as leader (secretary-general) of Hezbollah (Arabic: “Party of God”) from 1992. Under his leadership, Hezbollah grew beyond its civil war roots as a militia and built up an elaborate network of social welfare programs as well as a political program.

1 day ago · The head of Lebanon's armed group Hezbollah said on Sunday that his predecessor, Hassan Nasrallah, would be laid to rest on Feb. 23, nearly five months after he was killed in an Israeli air attack ...

1 day ago · BEIRUT (AP) — The Lebanese Hezbollah group Sunday announced the funeral of its longtime leader will take place on Feb. 23, months after he was assassinated in a series of Israeli airstrikes in a southern Beirut suburb. Secretary-General Naim Kassem made the announcement regarding his predecessor Hassan Nasrallah in a pre-recorded speech. It came days after a U.S.-brokered ceasefire agreement ...

Jan 5, 2025 · BEIRUT (AP) — Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah was killed in an Israeli airstrike last year while inside the militant group’s war operations room, according to new details Sunday disclosed by a senior Hezbollah official.. A series of Israeli airstrikes flattened several buildings in Beirut’s southern suburbs on Sept. 27, 2024, killing Nasrallah.

Sep 28, 2024 · Hassan Nasrallah, the longtime leader of Hezbollah, was killed in a massive Israeli air attack on Beirut on Friday evening, the Lebanon-based group has confirmed.. The Israeli army had claimed the ...

Sep 28, 2024 · Nasrallah was a shadowy figure with close personal links to Iran who played a key role in turning Hezbollah into the political and military force it is today. He was revered by the group's supporters.

Sep 29, 2024 · Nasrallah's death comes amid a dizzying escalation in the nearly yearlong conflict between Israel and Hezbollah, since the war in Gaza started, and more than three decades after he took leadership ...

Sep 29, 2024 · Nasrallah studied in Iran for a time, then returned to the group and became Hezbollah's secretary general after Israel assassinated his predecessor, Abbas al-Musawi, in a 1992 helicopter strike.