he's the leader of lebanon's militant shia islamist hezbollah movement with close links to iran and onest known and most influential figures in the middle east. born in 1960, hassan nasrallah grew up in beirut�*s eastern bourj hammoud neighbourhood. he became leader of hezbollah in 1992, at the age of 32, after his predecessor was assassinated in an israeli helicopter strike. he has played a key role in turning hezbollah into a powerful political and military force. under his leadership, he has helped hezbollah train hundreds of fighters from the palestinian militant group hamas and he's also obtained missiles and rockets from iran for use against israel. in his most recent speech, nasrallah blamed israel for detonating thousands of pagers and radio handsets used by hezbollah members, which killed 39 people and wounded thousands more, and said it had "crossed all red lines". he also acknowledged the group had suffered an "unprecedented blow". there has been speculation that he was the target of these most recent israel strikes. i can bring you some breaking years that we have until this

he's was the leader of lebanon's militant shia islamist hezbollah movement, with close links to iran.s one of the best known and most influential these are live pictures, you can see smoke still rising across the skyline of beirut. hello. welcome to the programme. we start with breaking news. in the last hour israel has claimed to have killed the leader of hezbollah, hassan nasrallah, in an overnight strike on beirut. this is the scene live in lebanon's capital — you can see the smoke still rising. let's quickly remind ourselves who hassan nasrallah was. he's was the leader of lebanon's militant shia islamist hezbollah movement, with close links to iran. he was one of the best known and most influential figures in the middle east. born in 1960, hassan nasrallah grew up in beirut�*s eastern bourj hammoud neighbourhood. he became leader of hezbollah in 1992, at the age of 32, after his predecessor was assassinated. he played a key role in turning hezbollah into a powerful political and military force. under his leadership, he helped hezbollah train hundreds of fighters from the palestin