Mikel Ayestaran
Special correspondent. Beirut
Sunday, September 29, 2024, 10:55
Lebanon has declared three days of mourning for the assassination of Hassan Nasrallah in Israel’s massive bombardment on Friday against Hezbollah’s headquarters south of Beirut. The city wakes up this Sunday in a state of shock due to the loss of a key figure in the Lebanese panorama and the entire region in the last 32 years. Thousands of people from the southern neighborhoods are still stranded in the streets, squares and mosques of the capital, afraid to return to their homes due to the threat of new bombings.
With Hezbollah beheaded, all eyes are on Iran, creator and financier of the Shiite militia, but the Islamic republic does not seem interested in making any moves. The president of its Parliament, Mohamed Galibaf, has declared that “they have gone from a military war, in which they think Israel has lost, to a war of wills.” The former mayor of Tehran, however, wanted to make it clear that the groups will continue to confront Israel with Persian support. In this “axis of resistance” are the Shiite militias of Syria and Iraq and the Houthis of Yemen.
More than a hot revenge, it seems that the Iranians will choose to take time to name the new leader, form a command structure and rebuild Hezbollah’s communications network, according to official sources in the Islamic republic have revealed to ‘The New York. Times’. The American newspaper assures that there is a strong division at the top of the regime about the steps to be taken. The most conservative sectors ask for a firm response that prevents Israel from being tempted to strike at the nuclear program, while the reformist current, led by the president, Masoud Pezeshkian, considers that going to direct war would be falling into Benjamin Netanyahu’s trap. .
Israel continues with the bombings and this morning at least 11 people have died in the east of the country, there are already more than 600 dead this week. The Israeli press claims that the army has already launched the first land incursions into Lebanon to carry out operations in the areas closest to the border, as reported by Israeli media such as the Times of Israel.
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