Observatoire des droits humains (anglais seulement)

Lebanon: the killing of Hassan Nasrallah leaves Hezbollah leaderless and vulnerable

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par Ori Wertman, Research fellow, Faculty of Life Sciences and Education, University of South Wales

The assassination of Hezbollah chief, Hassan Nasrallah, in an Israeli airstrike on September 28 is a decisive blow – not only to Hezbollah, but also to Iran, which has lost its greatest ally in the Middle East.

In recent days, the conflict between Israel and Hezbollah has risen to its most intense level since the end of the second Lebanon war in the summer of 2006. The day after Hamas’ brutal October 7 terror attack, in which 1,200 Israelis were massacred – many of them civilians murdered in their homes in towns near the Gaza border or at the nearby Nova music festival – Hezbollah…

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