The Israeli army announced the death of Hizbullah leader Hasan Nasrallah in an attack on Beirut. Hizbullah confirmed Nasrallah’s death and declared, “We will continue to fight.” The killing of Hizbullah’s top figure has raised some question marks. Speculations continue about what Nasrallah’s death means for the future of Hizbullah and Lebanon as well as the Middle East. Here are five questions on the death of Hizbullah leader Nasrallah and possible scenarios… As tensions escalate in the Middle East, the world was shocked by the news of the death of Hasan Nasrallah, who has been the leader of Hizbullah for a long time.
Nasrallah was killed in an attack in which the Israeli army targeted Hizbullah’s central headquarters.
READ MORE: HIZBULLAH LEADER NASRALLAH KILLED IN ISRAELI ATTACK In the bombardment, Hizbullah’s southern front commander Ali Karaki, intelligence chief Hasan Yasin, and Abbas Nilforoushan, commander of Iran’s Revolutionary Guards’ Quds Force in Lebanon, were also killed.
Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei condemned Israel’s attacks on Lebanon, stating that a massacre against defenseless people had been committed.
Hamas also argued that Nasrallah’s death would only strengthen the resistance.
Speculations persist on the meaning of Nasrallah’s death for Hizbullah’s future and the Middle East. Five questions on Nasrallah’s death and potential scenarios…Various regions of Lebanon have been under Israeli bombardment for days. Hizbullah’s main headquarters in Beirut was targeted in the last attack.
As the attacks continue, Israel media began to report news of Nasrallah’s death.
80 TONS OF BOMB DROPPED
Israeli military spokesperson Daniel Hagari announced that Nasrallah was killed in an attack on Hizbullah’s underground headquarters.
According to Anadolu Agency, Nasrallah was killed in an attack where 80 tons of bombs were dropped on the headquarters in the southern suburb of Beirut. A senior Israeli official speaking to Israel’s leading newspaper Times of Israel claimed that the attacks on Dahiya, described as “Hizbullah’s fortress,” were aimed to prevent a ground operation in Lebanon.
The official alleged that Israeli intelligence had obtained details of an Iranian plan aimed at eliminating the state of Israel by 2040 and claimed that Nasrallah was a significant part of this plan.Experts believe that the next person to take over from Nasrallah must be acceptable both to Hizbullah in Lebanon and to Iran.
The most likely candidate to replace Nasrallah is seen as Sayyid Hashim Safieddine. Safieddine, Nasrallah’s cousin, has been managing Hizbullah for 32 years.
Involved in Hizbullah’s political affairs and a member of the Jihad Council, Safieddine was placed on the US State Department’s terror list in 2017.The Israeli army claims that with the attacks carried out in the past few weeks, Hizbullah’s command structure has been “almost entirely destroyed.”
Hanin Ghaddar, an analyst from the Washington Institute, spoke to CNN.
Here, Ghaddar pointed out that Hizbullah had not yet used its guided and long-range missiles.
In a statement by Hizbullah, it was said, “We will continue to fight.” Following Hizbullah’s confirmation of Nasrallah’s death, attention turned to Iran’s reaction.
According to Reuters, Iran is in constant contact with Hizbullah and other regional allies to determine the “next step” following Nasrallah’s killing.
Two regional officials informed by Tehran reported that Iran’s Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei had been moved to a highly secure location within the country.Hamenei stated that Nasrallah’s death would not go “unanswered,” declaring, “Nasrallah was not just an individual. He was a path and a school of thought. This path will continue.” The Iranian parliament’s national security commission urgently convened.
CNN reports that Iran is “evaluating its options” in response to the blow received by its “closest ally Hizbullah.”Hizbullah Secretary-General Hasan Nasrallah was born on August 31, 1960, in the Lebanese capital of Beirut.
Nasrallah, who was 15 years old when the civil war broke out in Lebanon in 1975, returned with his family to the village of al-Bazuriye in the Sur district and joined the Shiite Amal Movement there.
After Israel’s occupation of Lebanon in 1982, he joined the Hizbullah organization. Following the assassination of Abbas al-Musawi by Israel in 1992, he was elected as the Secretary-General of Hizbullah on February 12, 1992.
Nasrallah publicly declared his support for Hamas’ Aqsa Intifada operation on October 7 and repeatedly stated that attacks on Israel would continue until a ceasefire was reached.