Hassan Nasrallah
Hezbollah leader from 1992 until his assassination in 2024.
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He was born on 31 August 1960 in Bourj Hammoud, an eastern suburb of Beirut, into a Shia family.[1] Hassan Nasrallah, a Lebanese Shia cleric and politician, became the third secretary-general of Hezbollah in 1992 and held that position until his death in 2024.[2]
Life and work
Nasrallah was the ninth of ten children, and his father worked as a fruit and vegetables seller.[1] He studied at a Shia seminary in Baalbek and later traveled to Najaf, Iraq, for Quranic studies at a seminary.[3][4] In 1978, Nasrallah and other Shia clerics were forced to leave Iraq and return to Lebanon.[4] After al-Musawi was assassinated by an Israeli airstrike in 1992, Nasrallah took over Hezbollah's leadership at the request of Iran’s Ayatollah Ali Khamenei.[4]
Hezbollah attacks under Nasrallah were an important factor in Israel’s decision to withdraw from south Lebanon in 2000.[4] The Lebanese Civil War that began in 1975 caused Nasrallah's family to relocate to Bazourieh, where he finished secondary school and had a short period of membership in the Amal Movement.[5] After returning from Iraq in 1978, Nasrallah both studied and taught at a school run by Amal leader Sheikh Abbas al-Musawi.[4] A Memorandum of Understanding was negotiated by Nasrallah with the Free Patriotic Movement, whose leader was Michel Aoun.[6]
An Israeli air force strike on Hezbollah's headquarters on 27 September 2024 resulted in Nasrallah's death.[7]
What the cited sources add
The Al Jazeera profile from 2000 describes Nasrallah from a young age as a remarkable student devoted to the teachings of Islam.[4] The same source notes that Nasrallah, at the request of Iran’s Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, took over the movement’s leadership after al-Musawi's assassination.[4] The Al Jazeera profile states that Nasrallah said in a 2000 interview, "I don’t believe in the state of Israel as a legal state because it was founded on occupation"[4] The CNN report also states that Nasrallah offered an olive branch, saying Hezbollah would stop rocket attacks if Israel stops its attacks in Lebanon.[8]
The same report states that Nasrallah was killed when Israel’s air force dropped more than 80 bombs on the group’s main operations room.[9]
References
- Wikipedia, "Hassan Nasrallah" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: Tucker Roberts 2008; Young 2010 (original not read by us) en.wikipedia.org
- Wikipedia, "Hassan Nasrallah" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: MacFarquhar, "Who Is Hassan Nasrallah, Leader of Hezbollah?", The New York Times, 2024-09-27 (original not read by us) en.wikipedia.org
- Wikipedia, "Hassan Nasrallah" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: O'Dwyer, "Hizbullah's ruthless realist", Dushkin/McGraw-Hill, 2000, p. 70 (we also read that source) en.wikipedia.org
- "Profile: Sayed Hassan Nasrallah", Al Jazeera, 17 July 2000. facts only, no text reused. aljazeera.com
- Wikipedia, "Hassan Nasrallah" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: "Profile: Sayed Hassan Nasrallah", Al Jazeera, 17 July 2000; Tucker Roberts 2008 (we also read that source) en.wikipedia.org
- Wikipedia, "Hassan Nasrallah" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: Aoun, "History Will Judge Us All On Our Actions", The Wall Street Journal, 31 July 2006 (original not read by us) en.wikipedia.org
- Wikipedia, "Hassan Nasrallah" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: "Hassan Nasrallah's death will reshape Lebanon and the Middle East", The Economist, 28 September 2024; Goldenberg, "Hezbollah and Israel exchange fire as Israeli soldiers battle Hamas on second day of surprise attack", Associated Press News, 8 October 2023; "Israel says it struck Hezbollah's headquarters in huge explosion that shakes Lebanese capital", AP News, 27 September 2024 (original not read by us) en.wikipedia.org
- "Hezbollah threatens to strike Tel Aviv", CNN, 3 August 2006. facts only, no text reused. cnn.com
- "Photos: Tens of thousands attend funeral of Hezbollah's Hassan Nasrallah", Al Jazeera. facts only, no text reused. aljazeera.com
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