He Was Rebuilding Hezbollah—Until an Israeli Missile Found Him in Beirut

https://www.wsj.com/world/middle-east/he-was-rebuilding-hezbollahuntil-an-israeli-missile-found-him-in-beirut-243373f5?mod=hp_lead_pos7

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  1. SS: Israel had spent a decade trying to kill Haytham Ali Tabatabai when it found the top Hezbollah military commander over the weekend in an apartment in the southern suburbs of Beirut.

    Lebanon is required by the terms of the cease-fire to disarm Hezbollah in the south before expanding the effort to the entire country, per a previous agreement. But the group has dug in its heels, working steadily to reconstitute its ranks and arguing it needs its weapons to defend Lebanon’s sovereignty.

    Tabatabai was crucial to those efforts, running military operations as one of the highest-ranking Hezbollah leaders left after Israel wiped out the group’s senior cadre. Tabatabai focused quickly on shoring up Hezbollah’s forces in southern Lebanon and directed fighters to operate in small cells to better survive a future conflict with Israel, Arab officials said.

  3. Considering Hezzbollah has decided none of the cease fire provisions actually apply to them, no one should be upset.

    But some parts seem to think violations only happen if a gun is fired

  4. Gulf money is the carrot, Israeli strikes are the stick.

    Assad’s fall and Iran’s diminishing influence have opened a window of opportunity for those seeking to remove or loosen Hezbolla’s iron grip on Lebanon.

    And while Israeli bombs make the headlines, it’s actually the gulf state who seem to be the driving force behind the scenes; Perhaps having realized armed non-state actors like Hezbolla or Hamas are liable to start fires in the Levant, fires that once started are very hard to effectively control or contained to that region.

  5. The weaker Hezbollah is, the better for both Lebanon AND Israel. They’re not constructive in any way, and they’re not defending anything since Israel wants nothing to do with southern Lebanon.

    Without Hezbollah, Lebanon is also significantly more internally stable and better able to attract foreign economic investment at a time when they REALLY need it.

  6. At some point you would think it would become difficult to fill these positions. Having your dick and balls blown off should be enough of a deterrent, but jihadis do what jihadis do, I guess.

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