Fears of Iranian retaliation after death of Hezbollah leaders
Hezbollah have confirmed that Israel’s military killed their leader Hassan Nasrallah in an airstrike on Beirut.
In a statement, they said: ‘The IDF will continue to harm anyone who promotes and engages in terrorism against the citizens of the State of Israel.
‘Fighter jets of the Air Force under the precise intelligence guidance of the intelligence wing and the defense system, attacked the central headquarters of Hezbollah, which is located underground, under a residential building in the Daha area of Beirut.’
Hezbollah – born out of the long Lebanese Civil War – is both a Shiite Muslim party and a militant group. It is anti-Israel and cozy with Iran, regularly receiving weapons from the country.
It has backed Hamas since the start of October 7 conflict between Israel and Palestine.
The group’s military power grew throughout the 2000s, and in 2021 its leader Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah said it had 100,000 fighters.
It’s now worried that Nasrallah’s death will spark a ‘ferocious’ response from Iran, one of Hezbollah’s largest supporters.
Dr Abed El Qadir Kanaaneh told the Mail: ‘The gates of hell are opening right now.’
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