Israel dealt massive blow to Iran by killing longtime Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah heres what could happen next

Israel dealt a massive blow to Iran when it killed Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah Friday – but experts say the country is ready to absorb any likely reprisals in order to quell the looming threats from its neighbors.Nasrallah, 64, was killed in an Israeli strike on Hezbollah headquarters in Beirut on Friday.His death, which was officially confirmed by the terror group on Saturday, elicited an immediate wave of shock, celebration and condemnation throughout the Middle East and beyond.“It was a very tough call, because we are going to get the repercussions,” a senior Israeli official told The Post of the decision to move on Nasrallah.“But we are playing the long game, because Israel has to exist in the long game.So that’s why we took this action.”Nasrallah – who led Hezbollah as its sole commander since 1992 – was the “main architect of the noise of death” that Iran was building around Israel, with the ultimate goal of destroying the Jewish State, the official explained.Israel is determined to avoid a ground war with Hezbollah, and in recent days leadership came to the conclusion that the only way to avoid that was to eliminate Nasrallah.“He was at the center of the axis,” the insider said, noting that even after Israel destroyed more than half of Hezbollah’s stock of missiles and rockets over the last week or so, “it was clear he was not going to stop.”Describing him as a “zealot,” the official said Nasrallah was behind building this ‘noose of death’ with infrastructure for a simultaneous ground invasion on many fronts, featuring tunnel networks, armaments hidden in schools and private homes.Nasrallah and Hezbollah were backed by Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, who on Saturday urged Muslims in the region “to stand by the people of Lebanon and the proud Hezbollah with whatever means they have and assist them in confronting the … wicked regime” of Israel.Nasrallah’s death was a major blow for the Irania...