Hezbollah Chief’s Son Killed in Fighting
The eldest son of Hezbollah’s leader has been killed in fighting with Israeli forces in southern Lebanon, and Israeli troops are holding his body, the guerrilla group said Saturday.
Speaking at a rally Saturday night, Hezbollah Secretary-General Sheik Hassan Nasrallah said he was proud his 18-year-old son, Hadi, had been killed in Friday’s clash.
“I thank God and praise him for his ultimate grace and kindness by choosing a martyr from my family,” he told 2,000 supporters here.
Iranian-backed Hezbollah is the largest and the most powerful of the guerrilla groups trying to oust Israeli troops and allied militiamen from the zone they have occupied in southern Lebanon since 1985.
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