I wonder how the death was confirmed.  Regardless, the secretary-general of Hezbollah, the Shia Islamist militant group and political party in Lebanon, and which is legally declared a terror organization by most Western nations, is eliminated by Israel.  Hezbollah’s reach is so much greater than Hamas, with terror attacks and presence in scores of countries and on every continent (except Antarctica!).  We will see how Nasrallah’s death hampers Iran, and will watch to see if this persuades the Supreme Leader of Iran to change his behavior.  See “Hezbollah confirms its leader Hassan Nasrallah was killed in an Israeli airstrike,” AP, 9-28-84.  Also, “Iran announced Saturday that a prominent general in its paramilitary Revolutionary Guard sanctioned by the U.S. died in the same airstrike. Abbas Nilforushan, 58, who the U.S. identified as the deputy commander for operations in the Guard, was killed Friday, Iran’s state-run IRNA news agency reported.”  At a minimum, Hezbollah leaders are no longer using pagers and cell phones, and now they won’t be meeting together.  BTW, the killing of Nasrallah will interrupt international drug flows.  His death by Israel is the biggest blow to Iran and the IRGC and the Quds Force and international terrorism since the killing of Gen Qasem Soleimani in 2020 by Pres. Trump.

A weak statement.  “Iran’s Khamenei: ‘Zionist criminals too weak to succeed again the Resistance’,” I24, 9-28-24.  “The Supreme leader’s first statement since Nasrallah’s assassination by Israel delivers little besides familiar diatribes. “The killing of defenseless civilians in Lebanon has once again revealed the savage nature of the rabid Zionists to everyone. On the other hand, it has proven how shortsighted and insane the policies of the leaders of the occupying regime are.” … “The Zionist criminals need to know that they are far too weak to be able to inflict any significant damage on the solid structure of Lebanon’s Hezbollah. All the Resistance forces in the region stand with and support Hezbollah. The Resistance forces will determine the fate of this region with the honorable Hezbollah leading the way.”  So, Khamenei’s “important statement” says nothing about Nasrallah.  I suspect he doesn’t know what to say.  This does raise the chances, in his mind most likely, that striking back is the only option.

I allow other voices here also, including one’s that allow violence to not be countered, or countered fully.  “Neither Iran nor Israel will win in this fight,” Chatham House, 9-28-24.