US President Joe Biden
US President Joe Biden on Saturday described the death of Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah as a way to end his four-decade reign of terror. Biden said Nasrallah was targeted in the broader context of the conflict, which began with the massacre of Israelis by Hamas on October 7, 2023. “The day after (that attack), Nasrallah made the unfortunate decision to join hands with Hamas and open a ‘Northern Front’ against Israel,” Biden said in a statement. He also said that Hezbollah, under Nasrallah’s leadership, was killing thousands of Americans. Is responsible for the death of.
Hassan Nasrallah, the leader of the organization who played an important role in transforming the Lebanese extremist group Hezbollah into a powerful paramilitary and political force in West Asia, was killed in an Israeli air strike. Nasrallah, 64, led Hezbollah’s war against Israel in 2006. Under his leadership the group was involved in the brutal conflict in neighboring Syria.
death in beirut
The organization’s leader was killed in an Israeli air strike on Haret Harek, a southern suburb of Beirut, and several high-rise buildings where he lived collapsed in the attack. “Hezbollah Secretary General Sayyid Hassan Nasrallah has joined his fellow great martyrs, whom he led from one victory to another for 30 years,” Hezbollah said in a statement. ‘Martyred on the way to Jerusalem’. Nasrallah took command of Hezbollah after his predecessor was killed in an Israeli missile strike in 1992 and led the organization for three decades. Five years after he assumed leadership, the US declared Hezbollah a terrorist organization.
More than 700 deaths in Lebanon
Thousands of pagers and walkie-talkies were detonated in various parts of Lebanon, mainly targeting Hezbollah members, killing 39 and injuring nearly 3,000. Lebanon blamed Israel for this, but Israel neither took responsibility nor denied it. Nasrullah had vowed to retaliate. Israeli strikes on Lebanon killed more than 700 people over five days, according to Lebanese officials, including at least 150 women and children. Nasrallah threatened that bombings from his side would continue and that Israelis would not be able to return to their homes in the north until Israel’s campaign in Gaza ended.
Lasrullah got the title of Sayyid
Nasrullah was considered by his supporters as a charismatic and adept strategist. He transformed Hezbollah into a staunch enemy of Israel and strengthened its alliance with Iran’s top religious leaders and Palestinian militant groups such as Hamas. He was an icon among his Lebanese Shia followers and revered by millions across the Arab and Islamic world. He was given the title of Sayyid, an honorific title intended to reflect the Shia cleric’s lineage, which traces back to the Prophet Muhammad, the founder of Islam.
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