...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...
has announced the martyrdom of its senior commander, Hajj Ali Karaki (Abu al-Fadl), on the path to al-Quds.
In a statement released today, Sunday, Hezbollah declared that the senior commander ''was martyred alongside a group of his brothers in the brutal Israeli raid on Haret Hreik, in the company of our greatest martyr, the Secretary General of Hezbollah, Sayyed
...Arabic term meaning your/his lordship. Groveling in His Exalted Presence is encouraged...
Hasan Nasrallah.'' The statement emphasized that this is ''a great honor and a blessed martyrdom beyond comparison.''
The statement highlighted the life of the martyred commander, describing it as one of immense sacrifice. It noted that ''Hajj Abu al-Fadl led the Islamic Resistance® fighters in the south since the Zionist invasion of 1982, actively participating in and commanding all heroic confrontations with the Zionist enemy. His leadership played a pivotal role in the liberation of 2000 and the divine victory of July 2006.''
''Hajj Ali Karaki (Abu al-Fadl) was directly responsible for commanding the southern front, overseeing all its axes and units in the support front from October 8, 2023, until his blessed martyrdom,'' the statement further detailed.
Hezbollah concluded by offering condolences to our Master, Imam al-Mahdi (may God hasten his reappearance), to His Eminence Ayatollah Sayyid Ali Khamenei
...the very aged actual dictator of Iran, successor to Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini...>
, and to all fighters and the families of deaders on the martyrdom of this esteemed commander.