Armed militant group, Hezbollah's chief Hassan Nasrallah is Lebanon's "most powerful" man who enjoys a cult status among his Shiite supporters. He has rarely been seen in public since his Shiite movement fought a devastating 2006 war pitting his fighters against Israeli troops.

Hezbollah chief Hassan Nasrallah, widely regarded as the ‘most powerful man’ in Lebanon issued a stern warning to Israel on Thursday, following attacks on the group's communication devices, including pagers,

Hundreds of Hezbollah members have been seriously wounded in Lebanon 's south and the southern suburbs of Beirut after communication devices used by the group exploded, according to security sources cited by Reuters. A Reuters journalist said they saw 10 Hezbollah members bleeding from wounds in the Dahiyeh suburb of southern Beirut.