Nasrallah assassinated: On Friday, Israeli strikes killed Hassan Nasrallah, Hezbollah's longtime leader.
The assassination marks a new phase of the conflict between Israel and the Lebanon-based, Iran-backed terrorist group, Hezbollah. Though the conflict has been simmering since Hamas' October 7 attack on Israel, after which Hezbollah started striking the reeling nation, the last 12 days have seen significant escalations including Hezbollah firing a long-range missile at Tel Aviv (on September 25) and Israel most likely responsible for a September 17 attack in the form of thousands of pagers exploding, taking out several members of the terrorist group. In the last nine or so days, more than 700 Lebanese have been killed with some 250,000 displaced; many fear this most recent round of fighting will be even more deadly than the 2006 war between the two countries.
