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Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu confirmed on Tuesday that Hezbollah’s intended replacement of former leader Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah, who was killed last month, has been eliminated as well. “Today, Hezbollah is weaker than it has been for many, many years,” Netanyahu said in a message tailored directly to the “people of Lebanon.” “We’ve degraded Hezbollah’s capabilities, we took out thousands of terrorists, including [former Hezbollah leader Hassan] Nasrallah himself, and Nasrallah’s replacement, and the replacement of his replacement.” Israeli Defense Minister Yoav Gallant said Hashem Safieddine, a relative of Nasrallah who was about to officially replace him, likely died in...

It's high time for the US and France to help Israel finish the job Yeah, I’m celebrating. For the past two weeks, Israel (including the Mossad, IDF, and military intelligence) have shown unparalleled prowess and success in the global war on terror.First, thousands of Hezbollah beepers exploded on command. Then their walkie talkies. This is recognized as the most precise anti-terrorist operation ever. Before and after, Israel took credit for the targeted assassination of nearly all the top Hezbollah leaders. Israel targeted and destroyed countless Hezbollah missiles and launchers, along with other weapons and systems. Whether by design or chance,...

An Iranian general who promised to “see the dead bodies of Americans all over the Middle East” is missing after an Israeli attack in Lebanon that may have also killed the presumed new Hezbollah chief. The whereabouts of Brig. Gen. Esmail Qaani, the head of Iran’s elite Quds Force, remains a mystery after Friday’s airstrike in Beirut, the New York Times reported. Some Arab and Israeli outlets say he is dead, while others report him as wounded. Lebanese security forces also have lost contact with Hashem Safieddine, a top local Hezbollah official and the presumed successor to the terror group’s...

An Israeli security source on Saturday confirmed to Sky News Arabic that Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah's successor, Hashem Safieddine, was eliminated in a Friday night strike. According to Al Hadath, commanders from the Iranian Revolutionary Guard were eliminated together with Safieddine. On Friday, Israel estimated that Safieddine was injured in the strike, since those who were with him in the underground area which was struck could not have escaped the site alive. In addition, it is estimated that alongside Safieddine, senior Hezbollah intelligence officials were also present at the site and were also injured. Safieddine, 60, is a cousin of...

Golden State Warriors coach Steve Kerr owes Israel a debt of gratitude for taking out the terrorists responsible for his father’s assassination in Lebanon four decades ago, but don’t expect the progressive former NBA star to say thank you, an Israeli columnist said. Kerr’s father, Malcolm Kerr, was gunned down in 1984 while serving as the president of American University in Beirut by two members of an Islamic jihadist group that is believed to have had ties to Hezbollah. “But don’t expect a thank you. It’s not in his progressive lexicon.” He has not commented publicly on the Israeli military’s...

What we know Israel launched intense strikes on Beirut targeting Hezbollah's presumed new leader as he met with other senior militants, an Israeli official told NBC News. The IDF is still assessing whether Hashem Safieddine was killed. An Israeli airstrike cut off a key road that thousands of Lebanese had been using to cross into relative safety in Syria. Israel's bombardment has displaced more than a million people, filling government shelters, and forcing others to sleep in the streets of Beirut. Iran’s supreme leader vowed his country and its allies would not back down after its "brilliant operation" against Israel...

Israel conducted a targeted strike in Beirut on Wednesday night local time against the head of Hezbollah's executive committee Hashim Safi al-Din, three Israeli officials said. Why it matters: Safi al-Din is the leading figure to succeed Hassan Nasrallah as Hezbollah's leader. An Israeli official said Safi al-Din was in a bunker deep underground and it isn't yet clear whether he was killed in the strike. -snip- According to Lebanese press reports, the Israeli strike was far larger than the one that killed Nasrallah last week.

Iranian leaders, including Khameni are going into hiding. Their attack on Israel failed. Civilians are panic buying. Link to transcript below video.

ROME — Pope Francis has called out Israel for what he sees as its “domineering tendency” in Lebanon and Gaza, insisting its response to attacks has been “disproportionate.” Over the weekend the pontiff returned to Rome from Belgium and aboard the flight was asked whether he thinks Israel “has perhaps gone too far” in its dealings with Lebanon and Gaza, specifically mentioning the force used in the targeted assassination of Hassan Nasrallah, the secretary-general of Hezbollah. “The defense must always be proportionate to the attack,” he continued. “When there is something disproportionate, a dominating tendency that goes beyond morality is...

IDF invasion of southern Lebanon meets no Hezbollah resistance. By Yonah Jeremy Bob. 10/01/2024. The invasion is expected to end within weeks, and should consist of several short special forces missions into southern Lebanon. The IDF’s invasion into southern Lebanon which started Monday night just before 10:00 p.m. has met almost no resistance from Hezbollah, with not a single IDF soldier killed so far. The invasion is expected to end within weeks, despite IDF spokesperson R.-Adm. Daniel Hagari indicating it may last longer. In some ways, the invasion is viewed as a broadening of a large number of very short...

For those who are trying to soft-pedal Hezbollah's evil, here are some sections from its 1985 manifesto:No one can imagine the importance of our military potential as our military apparatus is not separate from our overall social fabric. Each of us is a fighting soldier. And when it becomes necessary to carry out the Holy War, each of us takes up his assignment in the fight in accordance with the injunctions of the Law, and that in the framework of the mission carried out under the tutelage of the Commanding Jurist.Let us put it truthfully: the sons of Hezbollah know...

Monday visit comes amid West’s concerns over Russia assisting Islamic Republic with its nuclear program in exchange for ballistic missiles for use in Ukraine. The announcement came as Russia has condemned Israel’s “political murder” of Iran-backed Hezbollah terror group chief Hassan Nasrallah in Beirut.

The 64-year-old's body is believed to have been intact when it was pulled from the rubble, suggesting he had not sustained physical wounds as the building around him exploded. Instead, he had suffocated as toxic fumes leeched into the underground shelter where he was hiding, Israel's Channel 12 reported on Sunday evening. The report suggested he was likely to have died in "agony" as the fumes and smoke from the explosions gradually filled the buried room, and made breathing impossible.... Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, who had been close friends with Nasrallah, has called for vengeance and urged Muslims...

The body of Hezbollah’s Secretary-General Hassan Nasrallah, who died Friday, has been recovered from the rubble at site of the “Israeli” airstrike that targeted the group’s main headquarters in Beirut’s Southern Suburbs. Medical and security sources told Reuters that Hassan Nasrallah’s body had no direct wounds; which would most likely point to blunt trauma as the cause of death. A report by Hebrew channel 12 said that it is believed Nasrallah died as a result of suffocation. At the time of the strike, he was in a room without ventilation, and due to the gas from the “Israeli” air force...

It is impossible to overstate just how degenerate the modern left is. Obviously, the sexual degeneracy is indisputable. These people hold orgies to blow off steam while keeping their fellow citizens locked down; they hang out with P. Diddy as he rapes young men; they make friends with Jeffrey Epstein, fly on the "Lolita Express," and party on his private island; and they take children to Pride parades and pimp them out as drag queens. But that is just one aspect of their moral degeneracy. Just as troubling is their love of political violence, their determination to sacrifice American citizens...

Could the collapse of Hezbollah touch off a domino effect in the Middle East? Iran's primary proxy and the world's most powerful non-state organization didn't just keep Lebanon under Tehran's thumb, after all. Hassan Nasrallah played a key role in propping up Iranian puppet Bashar al-Assad in Syria.And now Syrians are beginning to cheer their "disarray," as the New York Times puts it:Even as most of the Middle East is overtaken by outrage at weeks of destructive Israeli strikes against Hezbollah and its leaders, some communities are celebrating the disarray of the powerful militia that persecuted them.Nowhere is that sentiment...

The Associated Press (AP) found itself embroiled in controversy this weekend over its portrayal of Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah. The news agency's biographical article, seemingly prepared in anticipation of Nasrallah's potential demise, initially bore the headline: "Charismatic and shrewd: A look at longtime Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah." The characterization drew immediate criticism on social media platforms. By Saturday morning, AP had amended the headline to a more neutral "Who is longtime Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah?" The rapid edit appeared to be a direct response to the flood of criticism on X (formerly Twitter). Notable figures across the political spectrum weighed...

Biden administration national Security spokesman John Kirby said Sunday on CNN’s “State of the Union” that Israel’s military action that killed Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah and other top officials was “good for the world.” Kirby said, “I don’t think anybody is mourning the loss of Mr. Nasrallah, a known terrorist, a guy with American blood on his hands as well as Israeli blood on his hands. This is a terrorist organization. He was the leader of it. And I think people are safer without him walking around. But they’ll try to recover. We’re watching to see what they do to...

Former President Donald Trump’s son-in-law Jared Kushner encouraged the United States on Saturday evening to “tell Israel to finish the job,” in the aftermath of the news that the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) had killed Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah in an airstrike. In a post on X, Kushner described September 27 as being “the most important day in the Middle East” since the Abraham Accords, an agreement bringing peace and diplomacy between two Arab states and Israel, under the Trump administration. Kushner added people calling for a ceasefire are “wrong,” noting that Israel “cannot afford now to not finish the...

A senior general in Iran's Revolutionary Guards Corps was killed in an Israeli air strike in Lebanon alongside Hezbollah chief Hassan Nasrallah, state media reported Saturday.