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Michael Higgins: Hezbollah was unprepared for Israel’s fury and determination

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28.09.2024

The death of terror leader Hassan Nasrallah sends Israel's enemies a message: We know where you are, we know how to get you, and we will

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In June, Hashem Safieddine, the possible heir to the now dead Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah, threatened Israel by saying, “Let (the enemy) prepare himself to cry and wail.”

But for quite some time, and especially since October 7, Israel has not been content to just mourn its dead, to watch idly as bombs rain down on its cities, or to be the world’s scapegoat for all the troubles in the Middle East.

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After the very public horror and evil of October 7 by Hamas, Israel has gone on the offensive. And lately Israel has been sending a very clear message to its enemies: we know where you are, we know how to get you, and we will.

On Friday, Hassan Nasrallah, the leader of terror group Hezbollah for 32 years, was killed in a massive airstrike on a Beirut suburb, along with other commanders, including Ali Karaki, the head of the so-called Southern Front who survived an assassination attempt days earlier.

Nasrallah is just the latest of Israel’s most senior enemies to be eliminated in the last few months.

In July, Ismail Haniyeh, the leader of Hamas, was killed in an airstrike on a guesthouse in Tehran while attending the inauguration of the new Iranian president.

The same month, Mohammed Deif, the head........

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