Joe Adam George
National Post, Sept. 29, 2024
“Undeniably, dismantling Hezbollah is not just an Israeli priority, but also in the long-term interests of the Middle East and the West. Yet, many western countries like Canada and France fail to support Israel’s extraordinary efforts against Hezbollah.”
A phenomenal 10-day military operation by Israel against the terrorist group Hezbollah came to a climax last week with the targeted assassination of its leader and secretary-general, Hassan Nasrallah.
Starting with the alleged mass detonation of booby-trapped wireless communication devices used by Hezbollah terrorists, Israeli forces took advantage of the ensuing chaos to launch an airstrike that killed the terrorist group’s top commanders who had gathered in Beirut for a meeting. Such was the audaciousness, precision, and ingenuity of Israel’s relentless attacks that they appear to have rattled Hezbollah’s patron-in-chief, Ali Khamenei, in Iran.
Arguably the world’s most feared terrorist, Nasrallah is the highest-profile target to be killed since the former Islamic State chief Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi was eliminated by U.S. forces in Syria in 2019.
The psychological and operational destruction inflicted on Hezbollah — which means “Party of God” in Arabic — in such a short period, has destroyed the group’s projected image of invincibility. This is a major victory for Israel, which saw its aura of strength greatly undermined by the Hamas attacks of October 7, 2023. … [To read the full article, click here]
