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The Israeli military (IDF) says Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah has been killed. Its air force struck Hezbollah's headquarters yesterday, which the IDF said was underground under a residential building in a southern suburb of Beirut.
The IDF added that it also killed Ali Karaki, the commander of Hezbollah's southern front.
The Secretary General is considered by many to be the single most powerful individual in Lebanon, with around 100,000 fighters at his disposal. Members of the Shiite political and military faction are also members of parliament.
But who was Hassan Nasrallah?
Nasrallah was born in Beirut in 1960 to a poor Shiite family in the impoverished Beirut suburb of Sharshabouk.
After moving to southern Lebanon, he studied theology, described as a devout and motivated student of Islam.
He joined Hezbollah in 1982, the year it was formed, following his involvement in the Amal movement, a political and paramilitary organization.
After rising through its ranks, the 64-year-old led Hezbollah in conflicts with Israel and took part in the conflict in neighboring Syria.
Under his leadership, the group became a regional military and political power.
Nasrallah cemented Hezbollah as a major enemy of Israel, seeking deeper alliances with Shiite religious leaders in Iran and Palestinian militant groups such as Hamas.
He holds the title Sayyed, an honorific intended to signify the Shia cleric's lineage dating back to the Prophet Muhammad.
Nasrallah has countless followers throughout the Arab and Islamic world, but he is seen as an extremist in much of the West.
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