The Israeli army has launched a massacre in Lebanon following Gaza. Israel, which has recently intensified its attacks in Lebanon, also killed Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah in an airstrike in Beirut. NETANYAHU DECEIVED HEZBOLLAH BY GOING TO THE USAWhile the repercussions of the event, which will have a seismic effect in the region, continue, the details of the assassination have begun to emerge. An Israeli official speaking to the British Daily Mail stated that Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's visit to the USA was a deception designed to mislead Hezbollah. THEY WANTED TO CONVINCE NASRALLAH HE WAS SAFEThe Israeli official pointed out that just a few hours after Netanyahu's speech at the United Nations on Friday afternoon, intense bombardment of Hezbollah targets began. He stated that the attacks on Beirut were planned to start while Netanyahu was in the USA, designed to convince Nasrallah that he was safe while Netanyahu was away. HE GAVE THE ORDER FOR THE ATTACK WHILE IN NEW YORKAccording to this, while Netanyahu was in New York, he called Defense Minister Yoav Gallant, who was in the capital Tel Aviv. In this conversation, Netanyahu gave the order for heavy bombardment. After 5:00 PM on the same day, continuous attacks began on the residences in Beirut where Nasrallah was believed to be located. NASRALLAH WAS KILLED IN ISRAEL'S ASSASSINATIONIn a written statement from the Israel Defense Forces, it was stated that Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah was killed in the attack carried out on the capital Beirut last night. The statement said, "Yesterday, Hezbollah's leader Hassan Nasrallah, Hezbollah's southern front commander Ali Karaki, and other commanders were killed. The attack targeted Hezbollah's main headquarters located under a building in the Dahiyeh area of Beirut by fighter jets of the Air Force. The attack was carried out while senior Hezbollah officials were in the headquarters coordinating attacks against Israel." "WE WILL CONTINUE TO FIGHT ISRAEL"After Israel's statement, eyes turned to Hezbollah. Hezbollah, which made the expected statement, confirmed that their leader Nasrallah was killed by Israel with the following words: "Our leader has been killed, we will continue to fight Israel." Hamas also stated that the death of Hezbollah Secretary-General Nasrallah would only strengthen the resistance further. THEY SHARED THE PHOTOS OF THE KILLED COMMANDERSMeanwhile, while Israel shared the photos of the Hezbollah command structure it killed, a statement came from Israeli Chief of Staff Herzi Halevi. Halevi, who promised to "reach" anyone who threatens Israeli citizens, said, "This is not the end of our operations. We know how to reach anyone who threatens Israeli citizens." WHO IS HASAN NASRALLAH?Hassan Nasrallah, the Secretary-General of Lebanese Hezbollah, was born on August 31, 1960, in the capital Beirut. Nasrallah, who was 15 years old when the Lebanese civil war began in 1975, returned with his family to his hometown of Sur and joined the Shiite Amal Movement there. Receiving religious education in the schools referred to as "hawza" in Shiite centers in Iraq and Iran, Nasrallah later returned to Lebanon and studied at the school founded by Amal Movement leader Abbas Musawi. After Israel's invasion of Lebanon in 1982, he joined the Hezbollah organization. After Abbas Musawi was killed by Israel in 1992, he was elected Secretary-General of Hezbollah on February 12, 1992. HE GAINED GREAT PRESTIGE IN THE 2006 WARDuring the Israel-Lebanon War, the office Nasrallah had visited just a few hours earlier was destroyed by Israeli bombs on July 14, 2006. However, Nasrallah managed to survive. His role in the liberation of southern Lebanon from 22 years of Israeli occupation in 2000 and in the subsequent July 2006 war against Israel brought Nasrallah great prestige, and he was seen as the victor of the 2006 Lebanon War in many Middle Eastern countries. Nasrallah also played an important role in the negotiation of a swap agreement for the return of Lebanese and Arab prisoners and the bodies of resistance fighters held by Israel. HIS ALIGNMENT WITH THE ASSAD REGIME SPARKED REACTIONSHis passionate speeches and strong personality were factors that gained him popularity in the Arab and Islamic world, and his speeches received wide resonance and interest. However, after Hezbollah sided with Bashar al-Assad's regime in suppressing the Syrian revolution that broke out in 2011, Nasrallah largely lost this popularity. Hezbollah, along with other armed movements supported by Iran, contributed to the displacement of millions of Syrians by committing massacres in many towns and cities in Syria by participating in the war launched by the Assad regime against revolutionaries. This led to serious criticisms directed at Hezbollah, its leadership, and especially Nasrallah. After Hamas's armed wing, the Izz ad-Din al-Qassam Brigades, launched a comprehensive attack on Israel on October 7, 2023, citing the need to respond to "constant violations against Palestinians and sacred values, especially Al-Aqsa Mosque," Nasrallah's name came back to the agenda. Nasrallah announced that a front had been opened against Israel in southern Lebanon to support the Palestinian resistance and stated in many of his speeches that this front would not calm down until the war in Gaza was over. Nasrallah emphasized that this front opened is a support front for Palestine, implying that they do not want to engage in a total war with Israel.
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