Father of Slain Hezbollah Leader Hassan Nasrallah Dies at 90
Abdul-Karim Nasrallah, father of slain Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah, died at 90 in Lebanon. Funeral set for Monday in Beirut's Dahieh suburb.
The father of Hassan Nasrallah, the late Hezbollah secretary-general killed by Israel last year, died Monday at age 90, according to announcements from Hezbollah and the Amal Movement.
Abdul-Karim Nasrallah's death comes approximately 18 months after his son was killed in an Israeli airstrike on Beirut's Dahieh suburb in September 2024. Hassan Nasrallah's mother, Mahdiya Safi al-Din, died two years ago.
Hezbollah and Amal issued a joint obituary stating the funeral would take place Monday at 1 p.m., departing from Rawdat al-Shahideen square in the Ghobeiry neighborhood of Dahieh. He will be buried in the cemetery for "martyrs of the Islamic Resistance."
Abdul-Karim Nasrallah owned a vegetable shop in Beirut and raised a family of nine children. When Lebanon's civil war erupted in the 1970s, the family returned to live in the southern Lebanese town of Bourj Hammoud.
Hassan Nasrallah grew up in a Shiite family and was initially a member of the Shiite Amal Movement. His brother Hussein remains a senior member of Amal. Hassan later joined Hezbollah's founding group and became secretary-general in 1992 after the killing of Abbas Musawi.
Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi expressed condolences, saying he offered "sincere sympathies on the passing of the late Sayyid Abdul-Karim Nasrallah, the honorable father of the martyr Sayyid Hassan Nasrallah," according to Lebanese media.
Araghchi said the deceased's life "was characterized by faith and a valuable educational role in raising a son who is a mujahid, resistance fighter and servant of the Islamic nation."
Family members occasionally participated in Hezbollah events over the years.