(JNS) The Israel Defense Forces eliminated top Hezbollah military commander Haytham Ali Tabatabai over the weekend, considered to be only secondary to Hezbollah chief Secretary-General Naim Qassam. A ceasefire had been put in place one year ago this month between Hezbollah and Israel.
Hezbollah began launching rockets and missiles on northern Israeli communities on Oct. 8, 2023—just one day after the Hamas-led terrorist attacks in southern Israel that slaughtered 1,200 people and took 251 others hostage to the Gaza Strip on Oct. 7. The two Iranian proxies did so in conjunction to make the lives of the Israelis living in both north and south uninhabitable.
Despite the ceasefire in place since Nov. 27, tensions remained high along the border, with sporadic exchanges of fire and periodic escalations threatening to ignite broader hostilities. The fragile peace has been tested by incidents attributed to Hezbollah, underscoring the persistent volatility in the region.
Lebanon, which possesses the demographic intricacies of a tightly woven oriental rug, has frequently broken out into conflict....
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