Nasrallah, who Israel says it has killed, led Hezbollah to become regional force

FILE - Lebanon's Hezbollah leader Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah addresses his supporters during a religious procession to mark Ashura in Beirut's suburbs on Nov. 14, 2013. Israel claimed on Sept. 28, 2024, that it killed Nasrallah in an airstrike on Hezbollah's headquarters. A banner bearing a picture of Lebanon's Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah with writing in Farsi that reads "Hezbollah is alive" hangs along a bridge in northern Tehran, Iran, on Sept. 28, 2024. FILE - Lebanon's Hezbollah chief Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah addresses a crowd in a southern Beirut suburb on Oct. 12, 2016. FILE - Lebanon's Hezbollah Secretary General Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah brandishes an Israeli machine-gun offered to him by a Hezbollah militant during a rally in Beirut on May 17, 1999, after Hezbollah fighters attacked a post of Israel's proxy militia, the South Lebanon Army. FILE - A photo released by the office of Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei on Sept. 28, 2019, shows Hezbollah leader Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah during what was called an "exclusive discussion" with members of the Iranian leader's office at an unknown date and location.

Lebanon's Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah, who Israel said on Saturday it has killed, has led Hezbollah through decades of conflict with Israel, overseeing its transformation into a military force with regional sway and becoming one of the most prominent Arab figures in generations — with Iranian backing.