People and rescuers gather near the smouldering rubble of a building destroyed in an Israeli air strike in the Haret Hreik neighbourhood of Beirut's southern suburbs on Sept. 27, 2024.Photo by IBRAHIM AMRO/AFP via Getty Images

Michael Higgins: Hezbollah was unprepared for Israel’s fury and determination

The death of terror leader Hassan Nasrallah sends Israel's enemies a message: We know where you are, we know how to get you, and we will

by · National Post

In June, Hashem Safieddine, the possible heir to the now dead Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah, threatened Israel by saying, “Let (the enemy) prepare himself to cry and wail.”

But for quite some time, and especially since October 7, Israel has not been content to just mourn its dead, to watch idly as bombs rain down on its cities, or to be the world’s scapegoat for all the troubles in the Middle East.

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