Stethem would know: His brother, Navy diver Robert Dean “Robbie” Stethem, was killed by Hezbollah terrorists during the June 1985 TWA Flight 847 hijacking. Robbie, 23, was returning from an assignment in Greece when the plane was hijacked by a pair of terrorists who demanded the release of 766 Palestinian and Lebanese inmates held in Israel.

President Biden pledged his support for Israel after an Israeli air strike killed the leader of Hezbollah in Beirut.

Hezbollah has confirmed the death of Hassan Nasrallah’s death. Beirut continued to be hit by strikes into Saturday.

Lebanon's Hezbollah leader Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah addresses his supporters during a public appearance at a religious procession to mark Ashura in Beirut's southern suburbs, Lebanon October 12, 2016.

In the wake of Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah's killing, Hezbollah faces the enormous challenge of plugging the infiltration in its ranks that allowed its arch enemy Israel to destroy weapons sites, booby-trap its communications and assassinate the veteran leader,

A sign depicting Lebanon's Hezbollah leader Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah is placed in the southern port city of Tyre, Lebanon July 30, 2024. REUTERS/Aziz Taher/Fil