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We condemn in the strongest terms this barbaric Zionist aggression and targeting of residential buildings,
Hamas said in a statement 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 I think this is the moment when it is possible to do something about the nuclear issue. The advantage of Mr Araghchi is that he knows everything about this process so he allows it to move faster”.
Rafael Grossi, the head of the UN nuclear inspectorate, had been impressed by what he heard from the meetings, saying The Americans cannot deny their complicity with the Zionists,
Pezeshkian said in a statement carried by state media The blood of the martyr shall not go unavenged,
The fate of this region will be determined by the forces of resistance, with Hezbollah at the forefront,
Khamenei, ... state media reported The glorious path of the leader of the resistance, Hassan Nasrallah, will continue and his sacred goal will be realised in the liberation of Quds (Jerusalem), God willing,
foreign ministry spokesman Nasser Kanani said in a post on social media X, mourning Nasrallah's death What's likely going to happen here is that Iran will have to do something because the red line was crossed
Dr Andreas Krieg, Assistant Professor of Defence Studies at King's College London, told MailOnline Any successful upgrade of Houthi capabilities would also likely draw a kinetic Israeli response.
Edmund Fitton-Brown, Senior Advisor to the Counter Extremism Project and former Ambassador of the UK to Yemen, told MailOnline Hezbollah was Iran's most strategically significant asset and main deterrent against Israel
Dr Burcu Ozcelik, Senior Research Fellow for Middle East Security at the Royal United Services Institute defence and security think tank (RUSI), added The deep entanglement between Lebanon and Hezbollah is now being tested and interrogated by those who have long opposed Hezbollah
Hassan Nasrallah will no longer be able to terrorize the world.
Revealing Nasrallah's death this morning, a triumphant IDF spokesperson said The leadership of Hezbollah pledges... to continue its jihad in confronting the enemy, supporting Gaza and Palestine, and defending Lebanon and its steadfast and honorable people.
It really is a question of whether Hezbollah has the capacity to launch wide-ranging missile strikes on Israel at this point,
Iran’s choices really range from ugly to unpalatable,
said Ali Vaez, the director of the Iran Project at the International Crisis Group, a conflict prevention organization