“The strategic patience of Iran diminished when Israel crossed all the brightest red lines of Iran with the assassination of Nasrallah.” —Nasrallah declared war on Israel. In the summer of 2006, Nasrallah oversaw an operation to abduct IDF soldiers on the Israel-Lebanon border, an attack that directly precipitated the Second Lebanon War. During the conflict, Hezbollah fired hundreds of rockets into Israel, striking as far south as Haifa, and Nasrallah came under intense criticism from Arab regimes – including Jordan, Egypt, and Saudi Arabia. — He was a fair target for Israel to put to sleep after all the grief and suffering he caused.
