PM Netanyahu:
The elimination of Nasrallah, there was an argument.
They said we needed to tell America in advance.
I said absolutely not.
Hassan Nasrallah's son took part early this morning in the Ahd prayer at the Jamkaran Mosque in Qom, where prayers over Ali Khamenei's coffin are expected to be held.
Houston-based Shiite scholar Faheem Abdulghani commemorated Khamenei, Nasrallah, Haniyeh, and Sinwar as martyrs: "Killed in attempts to wipe out the light of truth."
Delegations arriving for Khamenei's funeral in Tehran include Lebanon's Amal movement, al-Hashd al-Shaabi, the umbrella group for Iraq's pro-Iranian militias, and the Iraqi Hezbollah brigades. The families of Hassan Nasrallah and Imad Mughniyeh are also present.
Netanyahu on Lebanon:
I want to remind you what was in Lebanon. Hezbollah had 150,000 missiles and rockets. And we eliminated about 90% of this huge stockpile.
We shocked them with beepers, we eliminated Nasrallah, we killed the commanders of the Radwan Force.
Just in the last two weeks we killed more than 200 terrorists.
Dearborn Shiite scholar Usama Abdulghani:
"Every Muslim should dream of engaging in jihad and raise their children with that ideal."
The crowd recited the Fatiha prayer for Khamenei and Nasrallah.
Hezbollah: 'We will not give up on even a single inch, a single meter, or a single grain of sand in our land - Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah, the martyr of the nation (peace be upon him)'
IDF forces have completed operations in Bint Jbeil, southern Lebanon. The city, once considered one of Hezbollah's most symbolic strongholds and referred to as Nasrallah's "capital of the resistance," has been captured.
Lebanese academic Charles Chartouni:
"Lebanon is no more than a virtual state. Is the yardstick for patriotism set by Naim Qassem and Hassan Nasrallah? They are a bunch of terrorists."
Israeli Defense Minister Israel Katz:
"Nasrallah destroyed the Shia community in Lebanon and Naim Qassem will destroy it and pay with the loss of homes and territory, just like Hamas in Rafah and Beit Hanoun in Gaza, until he also pays with the loss of his head. The overarching goal of the campaign in Lebanon is to disarm Hezbollah and remove the threat from northern communities."
In 2000, Nasrallah stood in Bint Jbeil and declared “the road to Palestine goes through resistance (Islamic terrorism).” In 2006, same field, he called Israel “weaker than a spider’s web.”
Today Israel controls that field.
The web held. He didn’t.
The soccer field in Bint Jbeil where Nasrallah delivered his famous 2000 "Spider's Web" speech has been destroyed. The IDF now controls the town.
98th Division commander Brig. Gen. Guy Levy to his troops: "The man who boasted about webs and spiders no longer exists. Neither does the field. His words are worth nothing."
A Lebanese Army soldier stationed near Kafarkila was filmed pledging allegiance to Hezbollah's Nasrallah, declaring "At your service Nasrallah" and threatening "the Zionist enemy."
The video has sparked backlash in Lebanon, with critics accusing President Joseph Aoun's military institution of harboring Hezbollah loyalists within its ranks.
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Defense Minister Israel Katz:
"I have a clear message for Naim Qassem, Secretary-General of the Hezbollah terror organization: You and your associates will pay a very heavy price for the intensified fire toward Israeli civilians as they celebrate the Passover Seder. You will not live to see this, because you will be deep in the depths of hell together with Nasrallah, Khamenei, Sinwar, and all the eliminated members of the axis of evil."
Strike hits Hezbollah-linked Sayyed al-Shuhada complex in Beirut’s Dahieh overnight, a key symbolic site long used for major events and speeches by Hassan Nasrallah.
