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US reportedly happy with elimination of Hezbollah military chief – ‘Yalla, mazal tov, mabruk’

By Lazar Berman 23 November 2025, 8:33 pm
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Lazar Berman is The Times of Israel's diplomatic reporter

The US is “pleased” with Israel’s strike that killed Haytham Ali Tabatabai, Hezbollah’s de facto chief of staff, a senior American official tells Channel 12.

“We are pleased with the elimination of the number two in Hezbollah,” says the official.

“We think it’s a wonderful thing. Yalla, mazal tov, mabruk,” concludes the official in Arabic and Hebrew.

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