The son and daughter of the slain leader of Hezbollah told a Hezbollah-affiliated television network during an interview that he changed significantly after Israel staged the pager attack against members of the militant Islamic organization in Lebanon last September 2024.
Jawad and Zaynab, son and daughter of then-leader of Hezbollah Hassan Nasrallah, discussed their father’s final days in an appearance on Al-Manar TV on February 28, saying he was a changed man after the September 2024 pager attack, which saw many Hezbollah members killed or severely injured, including military leader Fuad Shukr.
"After the killing of Hajj Mohsen [Fuad Shukr], then the pager attack, and until his final days, he was spiritless and sad. You could feel that he was depressed. He was not desperate, but you could see that he was hurt, you could see that he was slaughtered from his neck to his heart. Cut into two.” Jawad Nasrallah said.
“What could he say? There were times that I did not like to hear his voice when he was like that. You listen to him seeking encouragement, but once you hear his voice is like that, it hurts your heart. Later I learned that he was crying." Jawad added.
When the interviewer mentioned the pager attacks making Nasrallah cry, Jawad said that the people who met Nasrallah and talked to him said he was one man before the attack and a different man afterward.
"The pager attack made him cry..." the interviewer said.
"It's not just that. I met with people who would see him and talk to him. They said that he was one man before the pager attack and a different man after." Jawad replied.
Meanwhile, Nasrallah’s daughter Zaynab seems to have corroborated Jawad’s statements, sharing that her mother told her Nasrallah was crying after the attacks and that the doctors who treated the victims had never seen an attack like this.
"The men who were wounded in the pager attack... Even the doctors who treated them said they had never seen such things. I knew it was painful for him, but I wanted to know what his reaction was, and [my mother] told me that he was crying." Zaynab said.
