A new dawn rises over Lebanon. Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah is dead, the Israeli Defense Forces claimed in a statement this morning.
Israel unleashed its most devastating strike in Beirut in nearly a year of fighting with Hezbollah on Friday, flattening six buildings in Haret Hreik and killing Nasrallah, according to the IDF. Hezbollah confirmed the death this afternoon.
Nasrallah’s death marks Israel’s biggest success of the war so far. After three decades in power, Nasrallah moulded Hezbollah into the group it is today.
Though elusive, murals in his honour found across the country speak to his influence and power through communities in Lebanon.
With all eyes on Beirut this morning, MailOnline asks how Hassan Nasrallah made Hezbollah one of the Middle East’s most powerful groups.