Dubai, Jun 20 (AP) The head of security to the late Hezbollah leader, Hassan Nasrallah, was killed in an Israeli airstrike while in Iran, a Hezbollah official said Saturday.

Abu Ali Khalil, better known as Abu Ali Jawad, was killed after he went to Iran from neighbouring Iraq, the official said.

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For many years, Abu Ali was seen behind Nasrallah during most of his public appearances.

After Nasrallah was killed in an Israeli airstike in a Beirut suburb in September, his bodyguard was put in charge of his tomb in Beirut.

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The Hezbollah official, who spoke on condition of anonymity because he was not authorised to speak to the media, said the airstrike that killed Abu Ali occurred earlier Saturday. (AP)

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