Why the US government praises Israel’s killing of Hezbollah’s leader

The death of the rat Hassan Nasrallah in Syria: a message for Israel and the militancy of the Middle East

David Lammy, Britain’s foreign secretary, said in a post that he spoke with the prime minister of Lebanon on Saturday. Lammy said that a diplomatic solution was the only way to restore security and stability for the people of Israel and Lebanon.

Russia’s foreign ministry issued a statement condemning the killing of Nasrallah, saying it “is fraught with even greater dramatic consequences for Lebanon and the entire Middle East.” Moscow called on Israel to stop hostilities aimed at Lebanon.

The people of Israelis were happy. There was a Hebrew song played in the apartment building which said “Oh Nasrallah, we’ll take you down, God willing, and send you back to God along with all of Hezbollah.” At a beach in southern Israel, a lifeguard announced to beachgoers over a loudspeaker: “With happiness, joy and cheer, we announce officially that the rat Hassan Nasrallah was assassinated yesterday. The people of Israel live.”

In Syria, where Hezbollah has backed Syrian President Bashar al-Assad in the country’s brutal civil war, people in Idlib province celebrated on the streets, Syrian journalist Fared Al Mahlool told NPR. People are happy to hear it. … Too many people have been displaced, killed, and lost loved ones because of Nasrallah’s support to the Syrian regime. They took part in destroying several cities and displacing so many people,” he said.

The Israeli prime minister’s office says Hezbollah has fired 9,300 rockets into northern Israel, killing 49 people and wounding 372. More than 1,000 people were killed in Lebanon over the course of 10 days, according to the health ministry. More than 6,000 had been wounded, it said.

In the past few days, thousands of reservists have also been called up and deployed to the country’s border with Lebanon, as Hezbollah continues to trade rocket fire with Israeli ground forces using artillery and tanks.

The death of Hezbollah’s leader could have profound effects on the war in the Middle East. The civilian death toll from the strikes is expected to increase. The Lebanon militacnt group is supported by Iran.

It described Nasrallah as “a great martyr, a heroic, bold, brave, wise, insightful, and faithful leader,” and would remain, despite his death, “still among us with his thought, spirit, line and sacred approach.”

The death of Hezbollah leader, Hasan Nasrallah, by an Israel airstrike on Saturday was a measure of justice for the victims, according to President Biden.

The Iranian news agency Mehr reported that the head of the Revolutionary Guard Corps in Iran was against the attack because it could ignite a war in the Middle East. Gen. Abbas Nilforoushan, had also been killed in the strike. Iran has supported Hezbollah for a long time and also supplied the group with weapons and missile technology.

The attack on Hezbollah’s headquarters took place just after Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu addressed the U.N. General Assembly. An Israeli official said that Netanyahu greenlit the strike before he delivered his address.

The assassination of Nasrallah, according to Netanyahu, is an essential condition for Israel to achieve its war goals.

The Israeli military ordered limitations on public gatherings in central Israel in a sign that the country was preparing for possible retaliatory strikes by Hezbollah or other Iran-supported militias.

Israel and the Lebanese in the Confronting Hezbollah and Hamas: The Israel-Israel Conflict in the Middle East

The U.S. embassy, Marine barracks and the annex were targets of the groups’ attacks. The death toll of those attacks was more than 300 Americans and Lebanese.

There were unconfirmed reports that Hezbollah members trained Shia militias to attack U.S. forces during the Iraq War.

The Lebanese militant group and Israel have been trading attacks since the current conflict in the Middle East began nearly a year ago. Hamas, a Palestinian militant group that is backed by Iran, carried out an attack on Israel in October. That attack killed around 1,200 Israelis and Hamas militants took some 250 hostages. More than 40,000 Palestinians have been killed by Israel in the Gaza Strip.

The assessment states that Hezbollah has the ability to target US persons and interests in the Middle East region but not in the United States.

But many U.S. leaders have united in their support of Israel’s killing of Nasrallah for what they see an appropriate action for the longtime decision maker of an organization that killed many innocent lives.