Hassan Nasrallah

Shiite fighters from Hezbollah and Amal terror movements take aim with (L to R) a Kalashnikov assault rifle and a rocket-propelled grenade launcher amidst clashes in the area of Tayouneh, in the southern suburb of the capital Beirut, on October 14, 2021 (IBRAHIM AMRO / AFP)

October 16, 2021, 7:54 am

A who’s who of the groups involved in Beirut violence that left 7 dead

Deadly street battles after rally demanding removal of judge from port blast probe involved several of the same players as the 1975-1990 civil war, including Hezbollah terror group

By AFP

A protester holds a placard outside a court building during a demonstration of solidarity with Judge Tarek Bitar who is investigating last year's deadly seaport blast, in Beirut, Lebanon, September 29, 2021. (AP Photo/Hussein Malla)

October 12, 2021, 8:50 am

Hezbollah leader rails against investigator of Beirut blast, wants him replaced

Dedicating nearly a quarter of a speech to the issue, Nasrallah says terror group has a ‘big problem’ with Tarek Bitar

By Agencies

Lebanese people wave a Hezbollah flag as tankers carrying Iranian fuel arrive from Syria at al-Ain in east Lebanon's Bekaa Valley, on September 16, 2021. (AFP)

September 20, 2021, 4:41 pm

Hezbollah cements role as Lebanon’s real ruler after ‘unauthorized’ fuel imports

Amid a crippling financial crisis, the Iran-backed terror group manages to outflank Lebanese government; new PM Mikati decries the Iranian delivery as ‘a violation of sovereignty’

By AFP

In this photo from October 24, 2015, Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah addresses a crowd during the holy day of Ashoura, in a southern suburb of Beirut, Lebanon. (AP Photo/Hassan Ammar, File)

August 28, 2021, 3:25 pm

Nasrallah: Beirut port blast judge’s subpoena of caretaker PM is ‘unacceptable’

Hezbollah chief claims summons to Hassan Diab proves probe into explosion is ‘based on targeting and politicization’

By Agencies

Hezbollah Secretary General Hassan Nasrallah gives an address on official party al-Manar TV on September 29, 2020. (Screenshot: Al-Manar)

August 19, 2021, 1:51 pm

Daring Israel and US to act, Hezbollah says Iran fuel tanker to sail to Lebanon

Terror group’s chief Nasrallah doesn’t say how ship will deliver cargo in defiance of US sanctions

By AFP and TOI staff

Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah addresses supporters in a southern suburb of Beirut, Lebanon, November 3, 2014. (AP Photo/Hussein Malla, File)

August 18, 2021, 8:33 pm

Hezbollah chief: Israel should learn from Afghanistan that US is unreliable

‘Those watching most closely and drawing conclusions from this are the Israelis,’ Hassan Nasrallah says after Taliban takeover

By Aaron Boxerman and AFP

A drone recovered by Israeli troops in southern Israel on August 13, 2021, which the military says was flown by the Hamas terror group into Israeli airspace from the Gaza Strip two days prior. (Israel Defense Forces)

August 13, 2021, 1:22 pm

IDF says troops downed Hamas drone from Gaza two days ago

Soldiers forced the device, possibly an Israeli drone captured by Hamas in 2018, to the ground on Wednesday; military says they only found where it landed later

By Judah Ari Gross

Illustrative: A drone flies in Berlin, Germany, on November 23, 2020. (AP Photo/Markus Schreiber)

August 12, 2021, 10:31 pm

IDF says it downed Hezbollah drone that entered Israeli airspace

Incident comes after last week’s exchange of fire on the Lebanese border, the most significant since the 2006 war

By Judah Ari Gross

Israeli Ambassador to the UN Gilad Erdan (L) and UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres on November 12, 2020. (UN Photo/Mark Garten)

August 9, 2021, 3:35 am

Israeli envoy slams UN chief for turning ‘blind eye to Hezbollah’s war crimes’

Erdan says Guterres drew moral equivalency between democratic country and terror group after latter called on ‘all parties to exercise utmost restraint’ on Israel-Lebanon border

By Jacob Magid

Prime Minister Naftali Bennett leads the weekly cabinet meeting at the Prime Minister's Office in Jerusalem on July 4, 2021. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)

August 8, 2021, 12:40 pm

Bennett, after flare-up on northern border: Lebanon ‘must take responsibility’

Following rocket fire at Galilee claimed by Hezbollah, PM says Israel ‘will not abide fire on its territory,’ Beirut must clean up its ‘backyard’

By TOI staff

Hezbollah chief Hassan Nasrallah gives a speech, on August 7, 2021. (Screen capture: Twitter)

August 8, 2021, 2:27 am

Hezbollah chief vows retaliation for future Israeli strikes in Lebanon

Nasrallah calls IDF strikes in response to rocket fire ‘dangerous development,’ but insists his group doesn’t seek escalation with Israel and is confining its attacks to open areas

By Aaron Boxerman

A drone picture shows the scene of an explosion at the seaport of Beirut, Lebanon, August 5, 2020. (AP Photo/Hussein Malla)

July 30, 2021, 11:47 pm

FBI probe: Chemicals that caused Beirut blast only a fifth of original shipment

Investigation doesn’t give reason for discrepancy or share where rest of ammonium nitrate may have gone — adding to suspicions that much of it went missing before port explosion

By TOI staff

Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas meets with Jordanian monarch King Abdullah II on Wednesday, June 30, 2021 (WAFA)

June 30, 2021, 10:52 pm

PA President Abbas meets King Abdullah in Amman as West Bank tensions rise

Sudden visit follows protests over death of Palestinian Authority critic Nizar Banat while in custody; Hamas chief Haniyeh meets with Islamic Jihad leader Nakhaleh

By Aaron Boxerman

This picture released by the Hezbollah Media Relations Office, shows terror leader Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah, right, meeting with Ismail Haniyeh, the leader of the Palestinian terror group Hamas, in Beirut, Lebanon, June 29, 2021. (Hezbollah Media Relations Office, via AP )

June 29, 2021, 4:30 pm

Hamas leader Haniyeh meets Hezbollah chief Nasrallah in Beirut

Two terror group heads said to have discussed recent fighting between Israel and Gaza-based terror groups

By Aaron Boxerman and Agencies

(R) In this October 24, 2015 photo, Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah addresses a crowd in Beirut, Lebanon. (AP Photo/Hassan Ammar, File)/(L) Ebrahim Raisi in Tehran, Iran, June 18, 2021 (AP Photo/Ebrahim Noroozi)

June 20, 2021, 2:52 pm

Hezbollah’s Nasrallah welcomes win by Iran’s Raisi: ‘A shield against Israel’

Head of Lebanon-based terror group says hardliner’s victory has renewed hopes for ‘resistance against aggressors’; Palestinian terror organizations also hail new president

By Agencies and TOI staff