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Source: https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2024/09/29/israel-hasan-nasrallah-assassination-iran/
Nasrallah's Death in Beirut
(Washington Post) Editorial - In a display of military and intelligence prowess reminiscent of its victory over Arab armies in the Six-Day War of 1967, Israel has delivered a series of devastating preemptive blows on Hizbullah, culminating in the death of its longtime leader, Hassan Nasrallah, on Friday. It's a much-deserved comeuppance for an Iranian proxy militia, guilty of many terrorist deeds. As President Joe Biden noted Saturday, Nasrallah's death brings "a measure of justice" for Hizbullah's victims, who include 241 American and 58 French peacekeeping troops whom Hizbullah slaughtered in 1983 Beirut truck bombings. Hizbullah's unilateral rocketing of northern Israel beginning last Oct. 8 had no rationale except to support Hamas's ghastly attack on Israel. Now, its Iranian-supplied arsenal, warehoused across Lebanon, stands at risk of destruction, which in turn could portend the reduction of the long-standing Hizbullah threat to overwhelm Israel with a missile barrage.