The office of Grand Ayatollah Ali al-Sistani issued a statement on Saturday concerning the terrorist act by the criminal Zionist regime, which led to the martyrdom of Hezbollah Chief Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah.
“With deep sorrow, we received news of the martyrdom of the Secretary General of Lebanon’s Hezbollah Resistance Movement, Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah, along with several resistance fighters and dozens of innocent civilians, in a tragic crime committed by the Zionist enemy’s army in the Beirut suburbs.”
Ayatollah Sistani referred to Martyr Nasrallah as a model of leadership over recent decades, emphasizing his significant role in the victory against Zionist occupiers.
Also, he [Martyr Nasrallah] threw his weight behind Iraqis for liberation of their country from ISIL terrorist groups, Ayatollah Sistani said, adding that martyr Nasrallah played a leading role in helping the oppressed people of Palestine.
In this statement, Ayatollah Sistani expressed his condolences to the people of Lebanon and other oppressed nations over this great calamity and great loss, and prayed to the Almighty God to bestow forbearance to the noble nation of Lebanon and his family for this irreparable loss.
Hezbollah secretary-general Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah was martyred in the Israeli strike, the Resistance Movement said in a statement on Saturday afternoon.
Source: Shafaqna India