Targeting of group’s leaders has failed to win Israel significant strategic advantage in past, let alone deal fatal blowMiddle East crisis – latest news updatesIn 1992, Israeli media celebrated an assassination. The man killed then was Abbas al-Musawi, secretary general of Hezbollah, whose convoy was struck by Israeli helicopters.Then, as now, Israeli analysts speculated that Musawi’s death might possibly portend the end of Hezbollah, which had been founded 10 years before after Israel’s invasion of Lebanon. Continue reading…
Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/world/2024/sep/29/impact-of-hezbollah-assassinations-may-take-months-to-emerge
Author : Peter Beaumont in Jerusalem
Publish date : 2024-09-29 11:39:17
Copyright for syndicated content belongs to the linked Source.
