MEMRI'S Carmon: Hezbollah's Nasrallah in 'Precarious Situation' as Operatives Blame Him for Recent Disasters
JERUSALEM, Israel – The founder of MEMRI (Middle East Media Research Institute), Yigal Carmon, tells CBN News that Hezbollah leader Sheikh Hassan Nasrallah is in a "precarious situation," after the assassinations of 15 top commanders and the deaths and wounding of thousands of the terror group's operatives from exploding pagers and walkie-talkies.
Carmon told us, "The Hezbollah operatives and leadership who've remained see him as the one person that is responsible for the mishaps that happened."
He added, "It's no accident that he (Nasrallah) did not show up in any way – not even speaking from his dungeon at the funeral of all those who died because he's responsible for their deaths."
Carmon even suggested that Iran is questioning Nasrallah's leadership "Because, it is now out there that Raisi, the former president (of Iran) had one of the pagers."
Raisi died in an explosion and helicopter crash earlier this year.
MEMRI has a video here of Nasrallah speaking months ago, warning the Hezbollah leaders and rank and file not to use cell phones because the Israelis could track them and listen in on everything they say and do.
To watch our interview with Yigal Carmon, click on the video at the top of the page.
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