“Nasrallah is Iran’s most important regional asset and lynchpin.”
After Israel attacked the Hezbollah headquarters in Beirut on the 27th (local time), Israeli media reported that it targeted Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah.
However, until the morning of the 28th, Nasrallah’s fate was unknown.
Nasrallah led Hezbollah for 30 years and transformed it into the most powerful militia force in the Middle East.
Nasrallah is 64 years old, and Hezbollah, which he leads, is waging war against Israel and assisting President Bashar Assad in the Syrian civil war.
A charismatic and astute strategist, Nasrallah transformed Hezbollah into Israel’s greatest enemy. The alliance with Iran and Hamas has also been strengthened.
Nasrallah, who is revered not only by Lebanese Shia Muslims but also by millions of followers around the world, is a person given the title Said, symbolizing that he is a Shia cleric whose lineage goes back to Muhammad, the founder of Islam.
Nasrallah has been living in seclusion to avoid assassination by Israel.
Born in 1964 to a Shiite family in the Shar Shabouk slum, north of the Lebanese capital Beirut, Nasrallah studied theology in southern Lebanon and joined the Amal Movement, a Shiite political and military militia organization.
Nasrallah seized power as Hezbollah united various factions supporting Iran. Nasrallah was elected Secretary-General of Hezbollah in February 1992, two days after Hezbollah leader Sayed Abbas Moussaoui was killed in an Israeli helicopter attack in southern Lebanon.
Five years later, the United States designated Hezbollah as a terrorist organization.
Hezbollah, led by Nasrallah, fought a fierce battle to drive out the Israeli army from southern Lebanon, which had occupied it for 18 years. Nasrallah’s eldest son was killed in battle with Israel in 1997.
Because of this, Nasrallah emerged as an iconic figure in Lebanon and the Arab world. Nasrallah has been spreading his message through his own radio and satellite TV.
In 2006, Nasrallah’s reputation was further enhanced when Hezbollah fought Israel as equals in a 34-day war.
When the Syrian civil war broke out in 2011, Hezbollah sided with President Assad’s government forces, and Hezbollah’s reputation in the Arab world plummeted.
Nasrallah has emphasized throughout the Gaza war that by attacking mainland Israel, he is helping Hamas by keeping Israeli forces tied to the Lebanese border.
[베이루트=AP/뉴시스]
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