Hezbollah chief Hassan Nasrallah was killed in a massive airstrike on September 27 in the group headquarters in Dahiyeh. His death was announced by Israel, and then confirmed by Iran.

Lebanon foreign minister Abdallah Bou Habib told CNN that Nasrallah had agreed to a 21-day ceasefire with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu days before his death. The temporary ceasefire was called for by US President Joe Biden, France President Emmanuel Macron, and other allies on the sidelines of the UN General Assembly last month.

Habib said, “We agreed completely. Lebanon agreed to a ceasefire but (after) consulting with Hezbollah. The (Lebanese House) Speaker Mr Nabih Berri consulted with Hezbollah and we informed the Americans and the French about what happened. And they told us that Mr Netanyahu also agreed on the statement that was issued by both (US and French) presidents (Joe Biden and Emmanuel Macron)…They told us that Mr Netanyahu agreed on this and so we also got the agreement of Hezbollah on that and you know what happened since then.”

Following the Hezbollah leader’s death, Iranian authorities are thoroughly investigating possible infiltration within its ranks, including the Revolutionary Guards to senior security officials. They have focused on those who travel abroad or have relatives outside of Iran. As per reports, Tehran grew suspicious of certain members of the Guards who have been travelling to Lebanon. One of these members reportedly asked about Nasrallah’s whereabouts and how long he would remain in those particular locations.

  • undergroundoverground@lemmy.world
    608·
    2 months ago

    Thats WHY they killed him. Cant have those “evil blood thirty terrorists” calling for peace now can they? That would ruin the optics of their special military operation or whatever they’re calling their invasion of Lebanon.

    It’s mad that they have operatives so high up in Hezbollah that they can compromise the entirety of their means of communication in one stroke but couldn’t use those same operatives and compromised lines of communication to see the October attacks coming.

    Hopefully, mossad waited long enough before doing this that no one will think to try and reconcile the two.

    • Dagnet@lemmy.world
      342·
      2 months ago

      I remember a few posts here on lemmy saying that the American secret service warned Netanyahu that the October attacks were gonna happen but he decided to ignore the warnings. My guess is that he wanted them to happen as an excuse to start the genocide.

    • Nuke_the_whales@lemmy.world
      315·
      2 months ago

      Should have made peace with Hezbollah just the way America made peace with the middle east after 9/11 and how the u.s didn’t kill Osama bin Laden right?

      • NoneOfUrBusiness@fedia.io
        29·
        2 months ago

        I mean the war on terror is widely regarded to be one of the biggest disasters in American history so… uh… you’re not making the point you think you’re making.

        • Nuke_the_whales@lemmy.world
          48·
          2 months ago

          I’m pointing out the absurdity of Americans suddenly moralizing and being champions of Arab people. Racist fucks kill half the world then tell us who we should be mad at.

          • LowleeKunDeutsch
            3·
            2 months ago

            Just as Israeli government does not equal Isreali citizens, U.S. citizens do no equal U.S. government. Please lets not fall victim to the same hate that fascists use as excuse for their horrible actions.

        • JamesTBagg@lemmy.world
          512·
          2 months ago

          At least during the War on Terror, some effort was put into minimizing civilian casualties. Not enough, but we did try. The rest of the world abandoned total war post WWII. With the advancements in technology both surveillance and accurate munitions, there’s no real excuse for the way Israel has been conducting itself in Gaza.

      • FlexibleToast@lemmy.world
        1·
        2 months ago

        No, even better. They could have learned from our (the US) mistakes the way Biden urged them to. Why go through what you just witnessed did not work?