Special Coverage: Hassan Nasrallah Is Dead. What's Next For The Middle East?

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🗓️ 29 September 2024

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Summary

Israel's assassination of Hassan Nasrallah — who led Hezbollah for more than 30 years — has been met with mixed reactions in the region. In Israel, there have been celebrations, even as people prepare for the possibility of retaliation. In Ramallah, in the West Bank, streets filled with Palestinians chanting promises to continue resistance against Israel. Nasrallah's death raises questions about who will fill a power void at the top of what the US considers a terrorist organization.

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0:00.0	Israel's assassination of the long time leader of Hezbollah in Lebanon has plunged the region into even greater uncertainty.
0:11.0	Iran backs Hezbollah and vows to retaliate for Hassan Nasrallah's death.
0:17.0	All attempts to negotiate a ceasefire in Gaza and now Lebanon have so far failed. What's Israel's end goal and what's ahead
0:26.8	for a region very much on edge? I'm Aisha Roscoe. This is a special Sunday
0:32.0	episode of Up First from NPR News.
0:38.0	The Middle East is now even more exposed to the possibility of a wider war.
0:43.4	We'll hear reaction from the region
0:45.8	and ask what could happen next.
0:48.2	After the death of a leader, the US
0:50.3	considered a powerful terrorist who spent decades amassing weapons capable of
0:56.3	reaching far into Israel and could Israel's next move be a ground invasion of
1:02.0	Lebanon stay with us for what you need to know about
1:06.0	what's next in the Middle East. I'm Elena Moore.
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