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Hassan Nasrallah and the terrorist group he led, Hezbollah, were responsible for killing hundreds of Americans over a four-decade reign of terror. His death from an Israeli airstrike is a measure of justice for his many victims, including thousands of Americans, Israelis, and Lebanese civilians,
This is a massive blow and intelligence failure for Hezbollah,
Magnus Ranstorp, a veteran Hezbollah expert at the Swedish Defence University The operation was complex and was planned for a long time,
You kill one, they get a new one,
said a European diplomat of the group's approach When the dust settles Hezbollah is not a one-man show,
It requires new leadership, a system of communications and to restore its narrative and speak to its support base,
If, at this point, Hezbollah does not respond with a strategic strike using its arsenal of long-range, precision-guided missiles, one must assume they simply can't,
said Heiko Wimmen, project director for Iraq, Syria and Lebanon at the International Crisis Group Justice was delivered for Israeli victims of his heinous crimes, their families, and the United States,
while President Joe Biden's administration should stop calling for a ceasefire and its diplomatic pressure on Israel ... they added in a statement In Gaza, we have been pursuing a deal backed by the UN Security Council for a ceasefire and the release of hostages. In Lebanon, we have been negotiating a deal that would return people safely to their homes in Israel and southern Lebanon,
The big mistake that Hezbollah has made is to allow the Iranians to use them too much as a proxy,
said Sultan Barakat, senior professor in public policy at Hamad Bin Khalifa University Israel views it has momentum on its side following Nasrallah’s death and would want to take maximum advantage of a leadership vacuum,
Ali Rizk, a security and policy analyst, told Al Jazeera on Saturday Israel does not have the capability to defeat Hezbollah militarily”,
Iran will probably not opt for an all-out escalation,
Israelis who were opposing Netanyahu were opposed to his failures in Gaza, not being able to eliminate Hamas and not being able to bring hostages home, but they were not an antiwar crowd,
Hezbollah is not going to disappear,
said Yezid Sayig, senior fellow at the Carnegie Middle East Programme It is time for these deals to close, for the threats to Israel to be removed, and for the broader Middle East region to gain greater stability,
The world community will not forget that the order of the terrorist strike was issued from New York and the Americans cannot absolve themselves from complicity with the Zionists,
Pezeshkian was quoted as saying in a statement read on Iranian state television Nasrallah, the next day, made the fateful decision to join hands with Hamas and open what he called a ‘northern front’ against Israel,
Biden said in a statement Due to the increased volatility following airstrikes within Beirut and the volatile and unpredictable security situation throughout Lebanon, the U.S. Embassy urges U.S. citizens to depart Lebanon while commercial options still remain available,
the department said in a statement Saturday The pilots did not know what the target was in the days the (strike) was being planned,
the officer, identified only as Lieutenant Colonel M., was quoted as saying