Nasrallah Vows Retaliation After Israel Kills Hezbollah Commander

Tensions continue to soar between Hezbollah and Israel after the assassination on Tuesday of a senior Hezbollah military commander, Fuad Shakr, in an attack on Beirut. The attack also killed two women and two children.

Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah vowed that there would be a “definite” response to the Israeli attack, saying the group is looking at a “studied response.” There is no apparent timetable for the retaliation in the message.

Tit-for-tat retaliation has been going on at the Israel-Lebanon border since October, as both sides carry out strikes and responses to strikes nearly every day, bringing both sides to the brink of a major war.