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Khamenei urged Nasrallah to flee days before he was assassinated

Iranian sources said the confusion within the ranks of Hezbollah, IRGC, and the Iranian government due to alleged Israeli infiltration is interfering with the functioning of Iran’s Axis of Resistance.

By Vered Weiss, World Israel News

Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei warned the late Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah about Israeli infiltration within Hezbollah and urged him to flee to Iran to evade assassination, Reuters reports.

This warning was issued days before Nasrallah was killed in a strike in Beirut and was conveyed through a messenger, senior Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps (IRGC) commander, Brigadier General Abbas Nilforoushan, who was killed along with Nasrallah in the September 27th strike.

Three Iranian sources reported that Khamenei warned that Israeli operatives within Hezbollah were plotting to kill Nasrallah and that he also expressed concerns about possible Israeli infiltration within government ranks in Tehran.

Khamenei, who remains in a secure location, ordered the launch of 200 missiles into Israel on Thursday as retaliation for the death of Nasrallah and Nilforoushan and additionally for the assassination of Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh. However, Israel has not claimed responsibility for the latter strike.

Reuters reported that 10 Iranian sources confirmed the confusion and loss of trust within the ranks of Hezbollah, IRGC, and the Iranian government due to fears of Israeli infiltration within their ranks and said the situation is interfering with the functioning of Iran’s Axis of Resistance.

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The strike that killed Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah required long-term planning and coordination of “precise intelligence,” according to the IDF.

The afternoon operation was carried out by fighter jets that targeted Hezbollah’s “central headquarters,” which were “embedded under a residential building” in a suburb of Beirut. This area has long been a stronghold of the Lebanese terror group.

Nasrallah assumed the leadership of Hezbollah 30 years ago. He was responsible, with the help of Iran, for the growth of the terror group to one of the largest non-state militaries in the region.
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In a statement Saturday, Israeli Army Chief of Staff Lieutenant General Herzi Halevi said Nasrallah’s killing proved that “anyone who threatens the citizens of Israel — we will know how to reach them.”

Brig.-Gen. Amichai Levine, the newly appointed commander of Hatzerim Airbase, said the mission to eliminate Nasrallah required the Israeli Air Force’s unique, world-class capabilities.