Throughout this time, since the end of the war in August 2006, Israel was very restraint in not using its understanding of Hezbollah.

So basically, not Nasrallah, no anyone else.

The leadership understood how deep Israel infiltrated their ranks.

And the Israelis did something very, very untypical to

Israelis. They were patient.

It's 3 o'clock p.m. on Wednesday, January 1st here in New York City. It's 10 o'clock p.m. on Wednesday, January 1st here in New York City.

It's 10 o'clock p.m. on Wednesday, January 1st in Israel.

The assassination of Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah was the result of decades of meticulous Israeli intelligence work and operations, culminating in a September 24

offensive that combined advanced surveillance, covert sabotage, and precision airstrikes.

Israeli agencies infiltrated Hezbollah's networks, planted booby-trapped communication devices,

and tracked the leader's movements to dismantle the group's military capabilities,

including the mistresses of one of those leaders.

And, of course, killing Hassan Nasrallah and other key figures in an underground bunker

while the Prime Minister

of Israel was giving an address at the UN General Assembly in New York City. Impressive. The campaign

crippled Hezbollah by destroying thousands of missiles and disrupting its leadership, delivering a blow

to Iran's regional strategy. An investigative report from the New York Times

was just published days ago, and it illustrates how deeply Israeli intelligence had penetrated

Hezbollah's ranks. With us today is one of this report's authors, Ronan Bergman. Ronan,

good to be with you. Dave here. Thanks so deep, but they get that. Ronan, good to be with you.

Dave here.

Thanks, Lodi.

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