Hezbollah leader says conflict with Israel in ‘new phase’ after killings

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Hezbollah leader says conflict with ******* in ‘new phase’ after killings

In Beirut’s southern suburbs of Dahiya, the stronghold of Hezbollah, large crowds wearing ****** joined the ******** for Fuad Shukr, a senior commander of the powerful Lebanese militia and political movement, and the most high-profile member to have been assassinated by ******* during these current hostilities.

They carried placards with Shukr’s face, waved the yellow-and-green Hezbollah flag and chanted some of the group’s slogans, sometimes with their fists in the air.

According to the ******** military, Shukr was behind a missile strike that ******* 12 children and teenagers on a football field in the ********-occupied Golan Heights last Saturday. Hezbollah has denied involvement, although it initially claimed an ******* on a nearby military base, which raised the possibility that the missile missed its intended targeted.

Shukr, who was also known as al-Hajj Mohsin, was said to be a close adviser to Hassan Nasrallah, the influential and long-time Hezbollah leader.

As people were gathered, Nasrallah gave a televised speech that was watched closely for any indication of Hezbollah’s possible next moves.

The conflict with ******* had entered a “new phase”, he said, speaking from a secret location, as he always does for security reasons. The ****** must wait for the “inevitable response” because it had crossed “red lines”, he added, saying that the reaction would be proportionate to *******’s targeting of a civilian building.

His tone seemed to indicate that the group remained uninterested in another major war with *******. But there are concerns that they could be sliding into one.

“I’m not afraid of war. We’re ready for whatever Sheikh Nasrallah decides to do,” one man in the crowd told me. “Inshallah,” said another, meaning **** willing, when asked if he believed that Hezbollah would retaliate for the ********.

Shukr’s ******** on Tuesday – an ******* that ******* six other people, including two young siblings – renewed fears that the relatively contained conflict between Hezbollah and ******* could escalate into an all-out war, with the potential to engulf the entire Middle East.

Hezbollah says its campaign, which started a day after the ****** attacks on ******* on 7 October, is in support of Palestinians in Gaza. Most of the group’s attacks, and *******’s counterattacks, have been limited to areas along the Lebanon-******* border.

Supported by Iran, Hezbollah has long been seen by ******* as a much more formidable foe than ******. The group has an increasingly sophisticated arsenal of weapons that includes ******* drones and precision guided missiles capable of striking deep inside *******.

A conflict with Hezbollah would probably involve other Iranian-supported groups in the region, members of what Tehran calls the “Axis of Resistance” – the Houthis in Yemen or militias in Iraq, for example.

Iran, too, has vowed to respond to the

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, the ****** political chief who was ******* on Wednesday while visiting Tehran for the inauguration of the new Iranian president.

Iran and ****** have blamed *******, which has stayed silent. The ******** has dealt a ***** to the possibility of any success in ongoing talks for a ceasefire and ******** release deal between ******* and ****** in Gaza. It is the main hope to defuse tensions with Hezbollah, and diplomatic efforts continue to try to de-escalate the situation.

The ******** military has said it is ready for any scenario, as the country braces itself for a possible response to the two assassinations.

Nasrallah’s speech contained, as expected, sharp words against ******* but did not appear to suggest that a ******* war was imminent just yet.

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