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Source: https://english.alarabiya.net/views/2025/02/21/hezbollah-the-headless-chicken
Hizbullah Is Headless
(Al Arabiya) Makram Rabah - Israel was not only able to kill its cult leader and legendary secretary-general Hassan Nasrallah, but it also destroyed Hizbullah's narrative of being a protector of the Lebanese and the Shia community. Perhaps more clearly, it exposed its archaic, defunct Iranian arsenal for what it really is - a joke. Israeli precision airstrikes dismantled Hizbullah's fortified positions in the southern villages and wiped out their rocket launch sites with surgical efficiency, demonstrating the obsolescence of their weaponry. Furthermore, Israel also killed Nasrallah's heir apparent, Hashem Safieddine, head of Hizbullah's Executive Council and the leader of its hardline faction. In addition, Israel killed enough of the senior command to leave only Nasrallah's deputy, Naim Qassem, whose lack of charisma poses a more direct threat to Hizbullah than to Israel. Iran, contrary to its claims, will not bankroll the reconstruction of the Shia areas, nor will it invest heavily in reconstructing Hizbullah. There is already evidence of growing resentment within the Shia community itself. Residents of southern Lebanon and parts of the Bekaa Valley lament that Hizbullah brought nothing but ruin to their towns, while promises of aid from Iran remain empty.