While Hezbollah has announced the killing of its overall leader Hassan Nasrallah and other senior figures in the organisation, not all its 'martyred' commanders have been equally publicised. Another leading figure who was killed yesterday/overnight by Israeli strikes on Beirut is one 'al-Hajj Dhu al-Fiqar' (photo below).

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Following on from yesterday's announcement of Hassan Nasrallah's death in an Israeli strike, Hezbollah has now announced the death of Ali Karaki- one of the Hezbollah leaders identified by the Israelis in a chart of the group's eliminated leadership. The statement from Hezbollah confirms that Ali Karaki occupied precisely the role that the Israelis attributed to him- a testament to the depth of Israel's intelligence penetration of the organisation.

What accounts for the precision of Israel's information and penetration of Hezbollah in comparison with what appears to be much less precise intelligence on Hamas in the Gaza Strip?

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As was predictable from the nature of the massive Israeli strike on Beirut yesterday (clearly designed to penetrate through to underground structures used by Hezbollah beneath apartment blocks in the Dahiya region where the group wields political and military influence) and the confidence of the Israel Defence Forces (IDF) announcement this morning, Hezbollah has now confirmed the death of its long-time leader Hassan Nasrallah. A few observations:

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On almost a daily basis, the Islamic State's 'Central Africa wilaya' (Central Africa province) publishes reports about its activities, which primarily take place in the eastern region of the Democratic Republic of Congo and are framed (sincerely) as a war on 'disbelieving Christians' and the 'Crusader' Congolese army. This war, as I have emphasised, needs to be understood as an ideological war: that is, it is a war that is waged on Christians for being Christians, whose fault in the Islamic State's eyes is that they have not converted to Islam or accepted a dhimmi pact that would grant them 'protection' of their lives and property in exchange for paying a poll tax and abiding by various restrictions. Therefore, what we are witnessing in the Democratic Republic of Congo and elsewhere with the Islamic State's affiliates in Africa can properly be called persecution of Christians.

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Amid the escalation in the fighting between Israel and Hezbollah, the Islamic State has published an editorial in its al-Naba' newsletter that does not explicitly mention Hezbollah or Lebanon but has nonetheless been clearly written in light of the escalation, highlighting the conflict between "the Jews" and "the Rafidite axis" (i.e. the Shi'a-led 'axis of resistance') and discussing how (Sunni) Muslims worldwide should view the escalation, and what path they should pursue. The main points are as follows:

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