Last night’s talk shows were all about Lebanon, with the nation’s talking heads continuing their coverage of the ongoing Israeli attacks that killed a number of Hezbollah leaders, most notably the group’s secretary-general Hassan Nasrallah.

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The assassinations were carried out systematically and had likely been planned for many years, regional security analyst Mahmoud Mohieldin told Ala Masouleety’s Ahmed Moussa (watch, runtime: 6:51). The party’s expansion beyond Lebanon into countries like Yemen, Syria, and Iraq had made Hezbollah resemble a regional state rather than a domestic Lebanese political group, increasing its vulnerability to security threats across the board, Mohieldin said.

Cairo has expressed its solidarity with Beirut: Ala Mas’ouleety covered President Abdel Fattah El Sisi’s phone call with Lebanese Prime Minister Najib Mikati following the attacks, during which the president affirmed Egypt’s full support for Lebanon and rejected any compromise on its security, sovereignty, or territorial integrity. Moussa termed this the first strong Arab stance on the issue, and called on the rest of the Arab world to take a similar position (watch, runtime: 5:05).

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