Israel assassinates top Hamas official (Saleh Arouri) via drone strike in Beirut
Iran has zero deterrence against this campaign of targeted assassinations of leaders of the Axis of Resistance, and now Hezbollah's deterrence faces a grave threat. Quite frankly, they must escalate to a very serious level and accept the cost of this, otherwise Israel will become emboldened and Hezbollah will lose even more deterrence over time.
Arouri was considered the head of the Resistance in the West Bank and the number 2 official in Hamas overall (behind only Sinwar).
Nasrallah recently promised a "severe reaction" to any Israeli assassination in Lebanon - now he must deliver
“For any Israeli assassination against a Lebanese, Palestinian, Iranian person or anyone else, that is carried out on Lebanese territory — there will be a severe reaction and we will not be silent about it,” Hassan Nasrallah said.
“We will not allow a return to assassinations in Lebanon and we will not accept changes to the rules of conflict. Israel must understand this,” Nasrallah continued.