At dawn on Sunday, Aug. 25, Hezbollah launched a massive attack against Israel, thus enacting the first phase of its response after the Israeli strike that killed one of its highest-ranking commanders, Fouad Shukur, in the southern suburbs of Beirut, more than three weeks ago, on July 30. The day before, the commander-in-chief of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) warned that "God willing, you will have good news about revenge," according to the state-run Iranian agency IRNA. Iranian General Hossein Salami nevertheless referred to the response promised by Tehran after the assassination of Hamas political leader Ismail Haniyeh in the Iranian capital, a few hours after the operation targeting Beirut, attributed to Israel. Does this mean that Iran has renounced direct retaliation, while it had left doubts about a simultaneous...
At dawn on Sunday, Aug. 25, Hezbollah launched a massive attack against Israel, thus enacting the first phase of its response after the Israeli strike that killed one of its highest-ranking commanders, Fouad Shukur, in the southern suburbs of Beirut, more than three weeks ago, on July 30. The day before, the commander-in-chief of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) warned that "God willing, you will have good news about revenge," according to the state-run Iranian agency IRNA. Iranian General Hossein Salami nevertheless referred to the response promised by Tehran after the assassination of Hamas political leader Ismail Haniyeh in the Iranian capital, a few hours after the operation targeting Beirut, attributed to Israel. Does this mean that Iran has renounced direct retaliation, while it had left doubts about a simultaneous...