Iran warns Israel: Crushing retaliation coming
Shafaq News – Tehran
Israel will face a “crushing response” following the killing of senior Hezbollah commander Haitham Ali Tabatabai, Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) warned on Monday.
An Israeli strike on November 23 targeted a residential apartment in Haret Hreik, in Beirut’s southern suburbs (Dahiyeh), killing five people, including Tabatabai, and injuring 28 others — adding to more than 5,000 violations since the November 27, 2024, ceasefire, according to Lebanese authorities.
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In a statement carried by Iran’s Tasnim News Agency, the IRGC condemned the strike as a cowardly act that reflects Israel’s “weakness and desperation.”
The assassination, the IRGC said, will not diminish Hezbollah’s capabilities or those of the wider “Axis of Resistance,” (a coalition of Iran-backed groups), adding that the group reserves the right to retaliate. “Israel should expect a decisive response at a time of our choosing.”
