by Daniel Siryoti, Neta Bar and Israel Hayom Staff
Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah is hospitalized in serious condition in Beirut, Lebanese outlets report, adding that he has also been fighting cancer
Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah
Photo: Reuters
Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah has been
hospitalized in serious condition in Beirut after apparently suffering a
heart attack, Lebanese media outlets reported on Saturday. Another
report said he also suffered a stroke, and that he has been fighting
cancer.
The reports were not confirmed by any official sources. The Lebanese media reports also noted that Nasrallah had not been seen or heard publicly for several weeks, ever since the IDF launched Operation Northern Shield to eradicate the terrorist organization's cross-border underground tunnels.
A senior Iranian official refuted the reports on Sunday.
Lebanese journalist Jerry Maher tweeted over the weekend that "an
intelligence source confirmed that a senior figure in Hezbollah was
hospitalized today [Saturday] at a hospital in the capital Beirut. Other
sources confirmed it is Sheikh Hassan Nasrallah, who has been fighting
cancer for years."
Nasrallah, 58, took over the terrorist organization in 1992 after his predecessor was assassinated in an Israeli airstrike. Ever since the Second Lebanon War in 2006, Nasrallah's location and physical condition have been a well-guarded secret, due to concerns that Israel would try targeting him.
There have been numerous rumors in the past about Nasrallah's failing health, some even claiming he had succumbed to cancer. To refute these rumors, the terrorist organization has always released video footage of Nasrallah discussing current events.
The reports were not confirmed by any official sources. The Lebanese media reports also noted that Nasrallah had not been seen or heard publicly for several weeks, ever since the IDF launched Operation Northern Shield to eradicate the terrorist organization's cross-border underground tunnels.
A senior Iranian official refuted the reports on Sunday.
Hossein Amir Abdollahian, the Special
Assistant to the Speaker of the Iranian Parliament for International
Affairs, who has served as a liaison between the Iranian government and
Hezbollah, called the reports "Zionist lies."
Abdollahian wrote in a tweet Sunday that
the "Zionist claims about Nasrallah's illness and heart attack are the
biggest lie of the year. One day Nasrallah and the leaders of the
Palestinian resistance will pray at the Dome of the Rock [on the Temple
Mount in Jerusalem]. The Zionists will cease to exist."
Nasrallah, 58, took over the terrorist organization in 1992 after his predecessor was assassinated in an Israeli airstrike. Ever since the Second Lebanon War in 2006, Nasrallah's location and physical condition have been a well-guarded secret, due to concerns that Israel would try targeting him.
There have been numerous rumors in the past about Nasrallah's failing health, some even claiming he had succumbed to cancer. To refute these rumors, the terrorist organization has always released video footage of Nasrallah discussing current events.
Daniel Siryoti, Neta Bar and Israel Hayom Staff
Source: http://www.israelhayom.com/2019/01/13/nasrallah-suffers-heart-attack-stroke-lebanese-media-reports/
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