Sayyid Hassan Nasrallah, the martyr of resistance, spent six tumultuous decades of his life fighting against the decades-long occupation and aggression of the Zionist regime in Lebanon and other Arab and Islamic countries.
- Hezbollah has confirmed the martyrdom of its Secretary-General, Sayyid Hassan Nasrallah, in a statement.
- The Zionist regime carried out heavy bombing in Beirut, resulting in the martyrdom of the Lebanese Secretary-General.
- Below, we will briefly outline the active life of martyr Hassan Nasrallah for the readers.
Sayyid Hassan Abdul Karim Nasrallah was born on August 31, 1960, in the Burj Hammoud area of Lebanon to a Shia family. He was the ninth of ten siblings, and his father, Abdul Karim Nasrallah, was a trader of fruits and vegetables.
He received his early education at the Al-Najjah and San Al-Fail schools, which had a majority of Christian students. In 1978, when the Lebanese Civil War began, he was 15 years old and had to return with his family to their native area, Al-Bazourieh.
He continued his education at the local Sur School, later joining the Amal Movement, where he became well-known as a representative in Al-Bazourieh. During this time, he met Imam Sayyid Muhammad Gharawi of Imam Sadiq Mosque, who advised him to pursue higher religious studies in Najaf Ashraf.
In Najaf, he met the former Secretary-General of Hezbollah, Sayyid Abbas Musawi, and established a strong friendship with him, which significantly contributed to his active participation in the founding of Hezbollah in Lebanon.
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Nasrallah returned to Lebanon in 1979 after completing the first stage of his education and continued his religious studies at the theological school in Baalbek, supervised by Ayatollah Sayyid Muhammad Baqir Sadr, the founder of the Da’wah Movement.
He later became a representative of the Amal Movement in the Baqaa area and a member of the central political office of the movement.
In 1982, when Israeli aggressors invaded Lebanon, a split occurred in the Amal Movement, leading to two factions: one became a political movement under Nabih Berri, while the other advanced as a resistance movement under Sayyid Abbas Musawi. They distanced themselves from the Amal Movement due to the presence of Bashir Gemayel in the National Salvation Board, which was later found to be cooperating with the Israelis.
Nasrallah became a member of Hezbollah’s Supreme Council, initially serving as the deputy leader of a Beirut region and later as its head. He eventually became the executive head of Lebanese Hezbollah and a member of its Supreme Council, which was the group’s top command.
In 1989, Sayyid Muqawamat was forced to leave Beirut for Qom, Iran, to continue his studies. However, in 1991, after changes in Lebanon’s political landscape and incidents of armed conflict between Hezbollah and the Amal Movement, he was compelled to return to Lebanon and reassume administrative responsibilities within Hezbollah.
At that time, Sayyid Abbas Musawi had been elected Secretary-General of Hezbollah, with Sheikh Naim Qassem as his deputy.
On February 16, 1992, following the martyrdom of Sayyid Abbas Musawi in an Israeli airstrike when Nasrallah was only 35 years old, he was elected Secretary-General of Hezbollah in Lebanon.
During his tenure, Hezbollah enhanced its military capabilities and developed a diversified military structure, successfully conducting unparalleled operations against the Zionist regime, ultimately leading to the withdrawal of Israeli forces from Southern Lebanon in 2000 after 22 years of occupation.
Immense Popularity
Martyr Sayyid Hassan Nasrallah’s popularity surged after the 33-day war in July 2006, a conflict that inflicted significant damage on the Zionist regime and forced its withdrawal from Southern Lebanon in disgrace. Following his resistance against the Zionist regime, he gained widespread recognition in the Arab and Islamic world, and his name became synonymous with the Islamic resistance against Zionism.
The martyr Secretary-General of Hezbollah possessed extensive knowledge in political and religious affairs, and his speeches were marked by eloquence and fluency, allowing him to speak at length without difficulty.
Under his leadership, Hezbollah entered a state of war against the Zionist regime with the launch of the “Operation Al-Aqsa Flood” on October 7, 2023, presenting itself as a front of support and solidarity with the resistance in Gaza.
During this period, there was a continuous exchange of fire on the Lebanese front and in the occupied territories.
After a long struggle and resistance, Sayyid Hassan Nasrallah was ultimately martyred on September 27, 2024, during an aerial assault by the Zionist regime on Hezbollah’s headquarters in the southern suburbs of Beirut.
