Thousands of people gathered in Ghobeiri for the funeral ceremony of Haytham Ali Tabataba'i, who was killed in an Israeli strike on the southern suburbs of Beirut, on Nov. 24, 2025. (Credit: Mohammad Yassin/L'Orient Today)
Divergent statements by Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) and Hezbollah officials after Israel's assassination of Hezbollah military chief Haytham Ali Tabataba'i on Nov. 23 in Beirut’s southern suburbs raise the question of whether Iran and its allies are all on the same page regarding the military strategy used toward Israel at a time when the risk of another war with Lebanon, and even with Iran, is looming.Despite the fact that the Israeli army has reportedly violated the November cease-fire agreement more than 12,000 times and has illegally occupied several areas of southern Lebanon since then, Hezbollah has only retaliated once to all these attacks. The party, Iran, and their allies in the region, have suffered significant losses at the hands of Israel since the beginning of the war on Gaza on Oct. 7,...
Divergent statements by Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) and Hezbollah officials after Israel's assassination of Hezbollah military chief Haytham Ali Tabataba'i on Nov. 23 in Beirut’s southern suburbs raise the question of whether Iran and its allies are all on the same page regarding the military strategy used toward Israel at a time when the risk of another war with Lebanon, and even with Iran, is looming.Despite the fact that the Israeli army has reportedly violated the November cease-fire agreement more than 12,000 times and has illegally occupied several areas of southern Lebanon since then, Hezbollah has only retaliated once to all these attacks. The party, Iran, and their allies in the region, have suffered significant losses at the hands of Israel since the beginning of the war on Gaza on Oct. 7,...
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