...an Iranian satrapy currently ruled by Hassan Nasrallah situated on the eastern Mediterranean, conveniently adjacent to Israel. Formerly inhabited by hardy Phoenecian traders, its official language is now Arabic, with the usual unpleasant side effects. The Leb civil war, between 1975 and 1990, lasted a little over 145 years and produced 120,000 fatalities. The average length of a ceasefire was measured in seconds. The Lebs maintain a precarious sectarian balance among Shiites, Sunnis, and about a dozen flavors of Christians, plus Armenians, Georgians, and who knows what else? It is the home of the original Hezbollah, which periodically starts a war with the Zionist Entity, gets Beirut pounded to rubble, and then declares victory and has a parade. The Lebs have the curious habit of periodically murdering their heads of state or prime ministers...'s Sidon, which was reported earlier, killed Khalil al-Maqdar, a Paleostinian connected to the Fatah movement, Al Jazeera reported citing Lebanese media.
Senior Fatah member Fathi Abu al-Aradat told the AFP news agency that Maqdar was an official with the group.
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Al-Aqsa Martyrs Brigade, an gang in the occupied West Bank with ties to Fatah, also described Maqdar as one of its leaders.
Maqdar's brother, Munir al-Maqdah, who is a brigadier-general in the group, was quoted in Lebanon's al-Mayadeen media as saying "the path to victory or martyrdom, and liquidations only make us stronger".
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