US EditionKilled Hezbollah Head Hassan Nasrallah's Former Bodyguard Killed in Israeli Strikes in Tehran
- Hussein Khalil, also known as Abu Ali Khalil and a former personal guard of Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah, was killed along with his son and an Iraqi commander in an Israeli drone strike in Tehran on June 21, 2025.
- The strike followed a nine-day Israeli campaign targeting high-value Iranian assets after Iran's Revolutionary Guard launched missile and drone attacks since June 13.
- Abu Ali Khalil was traveling on a pilgrimage in Iraq when he met with members of the Kataeb Sayyed Al-Shuhada group; they then moved together to Tehran, where an Israeli strike killed him, a senior Iraqi commander, and Khalil’s son.
- The Kataeb Sayyed Al-Shuhada group called the attack a "Zionist attack" and confirmed the death of their security commander Haidar al-Moussawi and Khalil’s son Mahdi.
- The killings illustrate escalating Israel-Iran tensions, with Hezbollah yet to confirm the strike, Iraq closing its airspace, and ongoing missile and drone exchanges in the region.
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Ex-bodyguard of slain Hezbollah leader killed in Israeli strike
A former bodyguard for Hassan Nasrallah, the slain leader of Lebanon's Hezbollah, was killed Saturday in an Israeli strike in Iran, an official from the group said. For more than a week, Israel has been carrying out waves of air attacks on Iranian targets in the foes' worst confrontation in history. Israel assassinated Nasrallah in a strike on Beirut's southern suburbs on 27 September last year, during a war that left Hezbollah severely weakened…
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His former bodyguard Hussein Khalil was killed in IranAn Iraqi border guard officer said Khalil and a member of an Iraqi armed group were killed by “an Israeli drone strike“BEIRUT: A former bodyguard for Hassan Nasrallah, the slain leader of Lebanon’s Hezbollah, was killed Saturday in an Israeli strike in Iran, an official from the Tehran-backed militant group said.For more
Killed Hezbollah head Hassan Nasrallah's former bodyguard killed in Israeli strikes in Tehran
A source said Abu Ali Khalil, who served as a bodyguard for Hezbollah’s slain chief, had been on a religious pilgrimage when he met up with a member of the Kataeb Sayyed Al-Shuhada group.
Israeli Strike on Tehran Kills Bodyguard of Slain Hezbollah Chief
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