What Message Is Israel Sending by Targeting Tabatabai?

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00:00Okay, so clearly we're talking about a high-ranking military official

00:04in the form of Tabdabai,

00:06some saying the most senior figure in Hezbollah to be killed

00:09since Hassan Nasrallah in the autumn of last year.

00:13What message do you think Israel is sending

00:15by targeting him and killing him?

00:18I mean, what's pretty clear, first,

00:19is that Israel does not care about international law,

00:23does not care about the ceasefire agreement,

00:25does not care about all the rules that are set,

00:29does not care about also about targeting civilian areas.

00:32Let's not forget that the bombing, the attack happened in Har Tahrik,

00:36which is a densely populated area in the suburbs of Beirut,

00:40the southern suburbs of Beirut.

00:41However, all of that we knew and we know that.

00:45The message is very clear.

00:47It's a continuation of the behavior that Israel has been taking on

00:52since October 7, which is a behavior of basically

00:57there are no boundaries, no limits to the affirmation

01:01of Israel's military hegemony in the region

01:04and specifically in Lebanon,

01:07given that we're talking about Lebanon.

01:10And there, Israel has shown very clearly

01:12that they're ready to go till the end

01:14to basically get rid of Hezbollah

01:18and of any threat that Hezbollah could represent to them.

01:21And again, as I said, they don't really care

01:23about neither international law nor targeting civilians

01:26nor whatsoever.

01:27So this is the message,

01:29is we are ready to go until the end.

01:32And Lebanon, unfortunately, is paying the price.