Hassan Nasrallah
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Hassan Nasrallah (Arabic: حَسَنُ نَصْرَالَلَهْ; 30 August 1960 – 27 September 2024) was a Lebanese cleric and the leader of the Shia Islamist political party and paramilitary organization in Lebanon called Hezbollah.[1][2][3] He was also a Shia Muslim cleric.[4] He is widely credited in Lebanon and the Arab world for expelling Israeli forces from Lebanon in the year 2006 and for the prisoners exchange deals that saw many Lebanese and Palestinians getting freed.[5][6]
Early life
[change | change source]Hassan Nasrallah was born in Bourj Hammoud, east Beirut to a Lebanese Shia Muslim family. He was among ten children in his family. He went to Al Najah school, and then a public school in forthy Marthys school in Bourj Hammoud. The civil war in 1975 caused his family to move to their old home in Bassouriyeh.[7] There, he finished his secondary education at the public school in Tyre. He then joined the Amal Movement, a militant group that represents the Shi'a Muslims in Lebanon. He used to organize the local religious youth into a study group at the village’s Islamic library. Soon he was made the representative of Amal movement in his village at just the age of 15.[1]
Assassination
[change | change source]On 27 September 2024, the Israel Defense Forces announced that its air force had struck Hezbollah's main headquarters in Beirut with the goal of assassinating Nasrallah.[8][9][10] The following day, it was confirmed that Nasrallah had been killed in the air raid.[11][12]
Legacy
[change | change source]The Economist noted that "Mr Nasrallah's death will reshape Lebanon, and the region, in ways that would have been unthinkable a year ago."[13] According to the newspaper, the person that takes his role will have a very difficult task: "It is not just that Israel has wiped out almost its entire military leadership (..). It is also that the group stands humiliated in front of a Lebanese public that had already come to resent Hezbollah [for the way in which they do politics]."[13]
References
[change | change source]- ↑ 1.0 1.1 "Hassan Nasrallah". Eye on Hezbollah. Retrieved 16 October 2023.
- ↑ "Nasrallah says Israel 'will cease to exist' if war erupts, as rhetoric escalates". Times of Israel. Retrieved 2023-10-17.
- ↑ "Hassan Nasrallah". AP News. Retrieved 2023-10-17.
- ↑ Walid Jumblatt Attacks Hizbullah, Iran, and Syria, and Says: I Support a Two-State Solution, Not the Liberation of Jerusalem Archived 2007-02-25 at the Wayback Machine 31 January 2007
- ↑ Raz, Guy (18 July 2006). "Hassan Nasrallah: Mideast Man of the Minute". www.npr.org.
- ↑ "Hassan Nasrallah". Counter Extremism Project. Retrieved 2023-10-17.
- ↑ "Hezbollah Praises Hamas Attack, Warns Against Normalizing Ties With Israel". WSJ. Retrieved 2023-10-17.
- ↑ "Israel says it struck Hezbollah's headquarters in huge explosion that shakes Lebanese capital". AP News. 27 September 2024. Retrieved 27 September 2024.
- ↑ الشرق (27 September 2024). "إعلام إسرائيلي وأميركي: حسن نصر الله هو المستهدف من الغارات على بيروت | الشرق للأخبار". Asharq News (in Arabic). Retrieved 27 September 2024.
- ↑ "Hassan Nasrallah: Israel Defense Forces say dem don kill Hezbollah leader". BBC News Pidgin. 2024-09-27. Retrieved 2024-09-28.
- ↑ "Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah is killed in Beirut strike, Israel's military says". AP News. 2024-09-28. Retrieved 2024-09-28.
- ↑ . 28 September 2024 https://www.sarayanews.com/mobile/article/961269/حزب-الله-ينعى-أمينه-العام-حسن-نصر-الله/amp.
{{cite web}}: Missing or empty|title=(help) - ↑ 13.0 13.1 "Hassan Nasrallah's death will reshape Lebanon and the Middle East". The Economist. ISSN 0013-0613. Retrieved 28 September 2024.
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