In the most aggressive Israeli strike on Hezbollah since that November 2024 ceasefire we were all told would bring "calm," the IDF sent Hezbollah’s military commander, and second-in-command overall, Ali Tabatabai straight to whatever reward those jihadis think they're getting. Bahdahbing! Gone. Right in the middle of Beirut. Talk about a surgical strike by the IAF.
"Netanyahu ordered the strike on the recommendation of the Defense Minister and the IDF Chief of Staff," the Prime Minister's Office confirmed, because apparently Bibi decided playing nice while Hezbollah rebuilds its rocket arsenal for Round 387 wasn't on the agenda anymore, even though he likely knew the attack would accuse Israel of illegal aggression.
Hezbollah, in their usual tough-guy eulogy, confirmed the guy got his virgins and vowed that "they [the Mujahideen] will advance with strength and courage to overthrow all the projects of the Zionist enemy and its patron, America." Translation: they're really mad and promise to do something about it… eventually… when the timing is better… maybe after tea.
Three other Hezbollah terrorists ate the same missile for dessert, and the IDF made sure the message was crystal clear: rearm at your own peril.
Look, for the last year Israel's been playing whack-a-mole with low-level Hezbollah goons sneaking into the south or trying to rebuild rocket sites. Of course it was necessary, but those were the foot soldiers "caught in the act."
Taking out Tabatabai, the actual military crap-weasel chilling in a hidden Beirut apartment, is a whole different ballgame. This is the guy who replaced the guy who replaced Fuad Shukr (killed July '24) and Ibrahim Aqil (killed September '24) after Nasrallah got turned into a crater. In other words, Israel just climbed another rung up the Hezbollah org chart and hit "delete."
And yeah, the IDF almost never hits Beirut anymore. Hasn’t in months. So when they do? Message received.
At the moment Hezbollah’s doing that thing where they huff and puff but haven’t launched the mother-of-all rocket barrages… yet. Israel’s bracing anyway—because even after getting its arsenal cut down from 150,000 rockets, Hezbollah still has tens of thousands left. That’s enough to turn northern Israel into a very bad day if they decide honor demands it.
Bibi, Defense Minister Katz, and the IDF brass laid it out plain: the “less aggressive” approach of the past year utterly failed to stop Hezbollah from rearming. The Lebanese Army got a gold star for pushing Hezbollah back from the border in early 2025… and then promptly ran out of steam when it came to actual disarmament outside the south. Shocker.
Top IDF officers are basically saying: if we don’t draw the red line right now, we’re looking at Hezbollah 2006 2.0—fully rearmed because the world looked the other way again.
Netanyahu’s office was blunt: “Prime Minister [Benjamin] Netanyahu ordered the strike on the recommendation of the defense minister and the IDF chief of staff.” And when some U.S. sources started whining they weren’t notified until the jets were already inbound? Bibi slapped that nonsense down hard:
“All the talk that ‘we must receive approvals for this’ from one source or another is simply an absolute lie,” Netanyahu told the security cabinet. “We operate independently of anyone… Israel is responsible for its own security.”
Preach.Bottom line: Israel just reminded everyone that “ceasefire” doesn’t mean “open season to rebuild your terror army.” Hezbollah’s new military chief lasted about a year. That’s gotta sting.
Now we wait to see if Nasrallah’s replacement-replacement-replacement decides dying for pride is worth another war Israel already proved it can win.
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And yeah, the IDF almost never hits Beirut anymore. Hasn’t in months. So when they do? Message received.
At the moment Hezbollah’s doing that thing where they huff and puff but haven’t launched the mother-of-all rocket barrages… yet. Israel’s bracing anyway—because even after getting its arsenal cut down from 150,000 rockets, Hezbollah still has tens of thousands left. That’s enough to turn northern Israel into a very bad day if they decide honor demands it.
Bibi, Defense Minister Katz, and the IDF brass laid it out plain: the “less aggressive” approach of the past year utterly failed to stop Hezbollah from rearming. The Lebanese Army got a gold star for pushing Hezbollah back from the border in early 2025… and then promptly ran out of steam when it came to actual disarmament outside the south. Shocker.
Top IDF officers are basically saying: if we don’t draw the red line right now, we’re looking at Hezbollah 2006 2.0—fully rearmed because the world looked the other way again.
Netanyahu’s office was blunt: “Prime Minister [Benjamin] Netanyahu ordered the strike on the recommendation of the defense minister and the IDF chief of staff.” And when some U.S. sources started whining they weren’t notified until the jets were already inbound? Bibi slapped that nonsense down hard:
“All the talk that ‘we must receive approvals for this’ from one source or another is simply an absolute lie,” Netanyahu told the security cabinet. “We operate independently of anyone… Israel is responsible for its own security.”
Preach.Bottom line: Israel just reminded everyone that “ceasefire” doesn’t mean “open season to rebuild your terror army.” Hezbollah’s new military chief lasted about a year. That’s gotta sting.
Now we wait to see if Nasrallah’s replacement-replacement-replacement decides dying for pride is worth another war Israel already proved it can win.
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