'Israel' assassinates Hezbollah leaders to conceal strategic failure
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Haaretz suggests that "Israel's" assassination of Hezbollah's commanders comes as a palliative measure for demands to wage a "once and for all" battle against Lebanon.
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A picture showing martyred commander Mohammad Nehme Nasser "Hajj Abu Nehme" alongside the martyred commander Taleb Sami Abdullah "Hajj Abu Taleb" (Military Media of the Islamic Resistance in Lebanon)
"Difficult days" await "Israel" following its assassination of a senior Hezbollah military leader in southern Lebanon on Wednesday, Israeli media reported.
It appears that the assassination of senior Hezbollah commanders is increasingly emerging as an alternative to strategic achievements or as a palliative measure for "Israel's" demand to wage a "once and for all" battle against Lebanon, the Israeli newspaper Haaretz suggested.
On Wednesday, the Islamic Resistance in Lebanon - Hezbollah mourned one of its leaders, martyr Mohammad Nehme Nasser, "Hajj Abu Nehme", on the path to al-Quds. Nasser was killed alongside his assistant in an Israeli airstrike that targeted the al-Haouch area, southwest of the Lebanese city of Tyre.
Hezbollah's fighters launched four operations against Israeli military sites and soldiers along the border with occupied Palestine in response to the assassination of Hajj Abu Nehme.
Haaretz pointed out that, unlike in the past, the senior leadership structure in Hezbollah has significantly evolved and expanded, and today, it is multi-layered and can immediately fill its ranks.
According to the Israeli newspaper, Nasser's assassination, like those before it, is not expected to alter the course of Hezbollah's strategy, which links ending the confrontation on the Northern Front to the cessation of the war on Gaza.
Hassan Fadlallah, a member of the Loyalty to the Resistance Bloc in the Lebanese Parliament, affirmed that the assassination of Hajj Abu Nehme will not push the Resistance to retreat or weaken its will and determination to continue confronting the Israeli occupation nor will it ease the pressure on the northern front.
He also vowed retaliatory action against the Israeli occupation for its crime, underlining that the assassination of leaders and fighters "will only increase the Resistance's determination to continue its struggle."
Who was Hajj Abu Nehme?
Born on May 6, 1965, in the southern Lebanese town of Hadatha, Hajj Abu Nehme was among the first fighters to join the ranks of the Islamic Resistance in Lebanon when he was still in his early 20s.
The leader had taken part in several operations as part of Hezbollah's struggle to liberate occupied Lebanese towns and villages from the grip of the Israeli military.
In one such operation, Hajj Abu Nehme was one of several fighters who led the infiltration attack on the Israeli military site in Beit Yahoun, a village that neighbors Hadatha near Beit Jbeil.
According to Hezbollah's Military Media unit, Nasser was wounded several times during the struggle for liberation, which was achieved on May 25, 2000, and ended nearly 18 years of Israeli occupation.
Hajj Abu Nehme worked his way to the top ranks of Hezbollah's military wing while engaging in several battles across his nearly 40-year career as a Resistance fighter and leader.
He was also among those who participated in the confrontation of the Israeli war on Lebanon in 2006.
During his participation in Hezbollah's defense against terror organizations in Syria, Iraq, and Lebanon's eastern border, Nasser was yet again wounded on the battlefield in 2015.
The battles on the eastern mountainous range, shared between Lebanon and Syria, were some of the fiercest, due to the complex geographical nature of the region. Hezbollah eventually succeeded in liberating the region from terrorists in 2017.
In 2016, Hajj Abu Nehme became the commander of one of Hezbollah's territorial units, the Aaziz unit. During his career, he received several military awards from Hezbollah Secretary General Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah in recognition of his excellent work on the battlefield.
In the latest and ongoing confrontation of the Israeli occupation, the Battle of Al-Aqsa Flood, Hajj Abu Nehme commanded and oversaw multiple operations against Israeli military sites, bases, infrastructure, and positions.
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