White House national security spokesperson John Kirby said Israel’s airstrikes in Lebanon had “wiped out” Hezbollah’s command structure, but he warned the group would work quickly to rebuild it.
Iranian president Masoud Pezeshkian said Israel should not be allowed to attack countries in the Iran-aligned “Axis of Resistance” one after the other. Pezeshkian, in comments carried by state media, said Lebanon should be supported.
An Iranian Revolutionary Guards deputy commander, Abbas Nilforoushan, was also killed in the attack that killed Nasrallah in Beirut. Pezeshkian said “we cannot accept such actions and they will not be left unanswered. A decisive reaction is necessary.”
From: The Times of Israel September 29, 2024
Israel’s killing of Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps Deputy Commander Abbas Nilforoushan in Lebanon in the Israeli airstrike in Beirut that targeted Hassan Nasrallah, leader of the Tehran-backed Hezbollah terror group “will not go unanswered,” Iran’s Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi says in a statement.
