Nasrallah Pronounced Martyred
TEHRAN (Tasnim) – Secretary General of Hezbollah Sayyid Hassan Nasrallah was pronounced martyred in an Israeli airstrike that targeted a number of residential buildings in Beirut’s densely populated southern suburb of Dahiyeh on Friday.
The Lebanese Hezbollah resistance movement confirmed the martyrdom of the popular leader in a statement on Saturday.
Hezbollah began its statement with the Quranic verse, “Let those fight in the way of Allah, who sell the life of this world for the Hereafter; and whoever fights in the way of Allah, and then is slain, or he subdues (the enemy), soon We shall give him a great reward. (Surah al-Nisa', verse 74).”
"His eminence the Seyed, the leader of the Resistance, the pious servant of God, has passed on to God a great leader, a brave martyr," joining the martyrs of Karbala on the path of prophets, the statement read, Al Mayadeen reported.
"Seyed Hassan Nasrallah, the Secretary General of Hezbollah, joined his great, eternal companions, whose journey he led for over 30 years through victory after victory" after succeeding Seyed Abbas al-Mousawi in 1992, leading them in "the liberation of Lebanon in 2000 and the Divine Victory of 2006," and up to the battle of support for Palestine and the oppressed people of Palestine, it added.
Hezbollah extended its condolences to the Islamic nation and the steadfast people of Lebanon, and all the free and oppressed people of the world, congratulating Nasrallah on achieving the greatest of divine gifts, through which he was granted his greatest wish, that of a martyr on the path of Palestine and al-Quds.
Hezbollah also congratulated his fellow martyrs who joined him in martyrdom following the Israeli aggression on the southern suburb of Beirut.
In the statement, Hezbollah's leadership promised Nasrallah, "our greatest, holiest, and most beloved leader in our path filled with martyrs and sacrifice, to continue its struggle against the enemy, in support of Gaza and Palestine, and in defense of Lebanon and its honorable, resilient people."
The statement finally addressed the freedom fighters of the Resistance, saying, "You who were his trusted shield... our leader (Nasrallah) still lives among us through his thought, spirit, and his holy path."
The latest wave of attacks on Beirut leveled multiple residential buildings in the densely populated southern suburb of Lebanon’s capital on Friday, with Israel using “bunker-busting” bombs.
At least six people were killed and 91 others were wounded in the attacks, according to Lebanese health authorities, with the toll expected to rise much higher.