Israel's Chief of Staff Lieutenant-General Gadi Eizenkot delivers a speech during a Strategic Dialogue Conference in Netanya, Israel March 21, 2017. REUTERS/Baz Ratner
NETANYA, Israel (Reuters) - The chief of Israel's armed forces said on Tuesday the death of Hezbollah's top military commander Mustafa Badreddine last year was an assassination by the Iranian-backed Lebanese group itself.
"According to (media) reports, he was killed by his superiors, which points to the extent of the cruelty, complexity and tension between Hezbollah and its patron Iran," Lieutenant-General Gadi Eisenkot said.
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