Nasrallah’s security chief reportedly killed by Israel after entering Iran from Iraq

The head of security to the late Hezbollah leader, Hassan Nasrallah, was killed in an Israeli airstrike while in Iran, a Hezbollah official says.

Abu Ali Khalil, better known as Abu Ali Jawad, was killed after he went to Iran from neighboring Iraq, the official says.

For many years, Abu Ali was seen behind Nasrallah during most of his public appearances.

After Nasrallah was killed in an Israeli airstrike in a Beirut suburb in September, his bodyguard was put in charge of his tomb in Beirut.

The Hezbollah official, who speaks on condition of anonymity because he is not authorized to speak to the media, says the airstrike that killed Abu Ali occurred earlier today.

الشهيد "أبو علي خليل" مرافق الشهيد حسن نصر الله، الذي ارتقى مع نجله؛ جرّاء قصف الاحتلال على إيران. pic.twitter.com/wf6JyQqNG4

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