Latest Hassan Nasrallah News

Biden and Harris call the Israeli strike killing Hezbollah’s Nasrallah a 'measure of justice'

Sep. 28, 2024 17:16 PM EDT

REHOBOTH BEACH, Del. (AP) — The Israeli strike that killed Hezbollah’s Hassan Nasrallah was a “measure of justice" for victims of a four-decade “reign of terror,” President Joe Biden said Saturday. The comments came after Lebanon’s Hezbollah group confirmed earlier...

Israel-Hamas war latest: Israeli airstrikes kill Hezbollah leader Nasrallah

Sep. 28, 2024 16:58 PM EDT

Smoke rose from Beirut’s southern suburbs Saturday after the area was pummeled by heavy airstrikes that Israel said killed multiple Hezbollah commanders, including leader Hassan Nasrallah. The Lebanese militant group confirmed the death of its longtime leader, whose killing could...

Hezbollah confirms its leader Hassan Nasrallah was killed in an Israeli airstrike

Sep. 28, 2024 16:46 PM EDT

BEIRUT (AP) — Lebanon’s Hezbollah group confirmed on Saturday that its leader and one of its founding members, Hassan Nasrallah, was killed in an Israeli airstrike in a southern suburb of Beirut. The killing of the powerful militant group’s longtime leader sent shockwaves...

Hundreds of fleeing families sleep on beaches and streets after Israel's strikes shake Beirut

Sep. 28, 2024 16:09 PM EDT

BEIRUT (AP) — Smoke was still rising from Beirut’s southern suburbs Saturday morning, visible to many of the families who had fled their homes there the night before to escape Israel’s massive bombardment. It had been a harrowing night — getting out amid earthshaking...

What to know after Israel’s assassination of Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah

Sep. 28, 2024 15:15 PM EDT

BEIRUT (AP) — Israel’s assassination of Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah is a monumental and hugely demoralizing blow to the group he led for 32 years, marking a significant inflection point for Lebanon and the region. Hezbollah’s announcement of his death Friday triggered...

Who was longtime Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah?

Sep. 28, 2024 13:26 PM EDT

BEIRUT (AP) — Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah led the Lebanese militant group for the past three decades, transforming it into one of the most powerful paramilitary groups in the Middle East. Hezbollah confirmed Saturday that he was killed in an Israeli air raid that levelled six...

Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah transformed the militant group into a potent regional force

Sep. 28, 2024 11:30 AM EDT

BEIRUT (AP) — Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah, who transformed the Lebanese militant group into a potent paramilitary and political force in the Middle East, was killed in an Israeli airstrike, the group said. He was 64. Nasrallah, who spearheaded Hezbollah's war against Israel...

Iran Revolutionary Guard general died in Israeli strike that killed Hezbollah leader, reports say

Sep. 28, 2024 10:18 AM EDT

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — A prominent general in Iran's paramilitary Revolutionary Guard died in an Israeli airstrike that killed Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah in Beirut, Iranian media reported Saturday. The killing of Gen. Abbas Nilforushan marks the latest casualty...

Israel strikes Hezbollah in a huge blast targeting the militant group's leader

Sep. 28, 2024 00:52 AM EDT

BEIRUT (AP) — The Israeli military said it struck Hezbollah’s headquarters in Beirut on Friday in a series of massive explosions that targeted the leader of the militant group and leveled multiple high-rise apartment buildings. At least six people were killed and 91 were...

Israel-Hamas war latest: Israel carries out attacks in Beirut on Hezbollah targets

Sep. 28, 2024 00:16 AM EDT

The Israeli military says it struck the central headquarters of Hezbollah in Beirut. The series of explosions Friday evening is the most powerful yet seen in the Lebanese capital the past year. Israeli army spokesperson Rear Adm. Daniel Hagari said it targeted the main Hezbollah...