Editing Imad Mughniyeh (section)

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[[File:Imad Mughniyeh memorial in Lebanon.jpg|thumb|right|Memorial shrine in Lebanon]]
Mughniyeh's body was taken to [[Beirut]] and buried in [[Rawdat al-Shahidain Cemetery]]. A funeral was organized by Hezbollah on 14 February.<ref name="zis17feb">{{cite journal|last=Zisser|first=Eyal|date=17 February 2008|title=Imad Mughniyeh: The Aftermath|url=http://www.tau.ac.il/dayancenter/Mughniyeh.pdf|url-status=dead|journal=Tel Aviv Notes|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150131135222/http://www.tau.ac.il/dayancenter/Mughniyeh.pdf|archive-date=31 January 2015|access-date=15 March 2013|df=dmy-all}}</ref> Senior Iranian officials attended the service; [[Ali Akbar Velayati]] representing the supreme leader, [[Ayatollah Ali Khamenei]], and Foreign Minister [[Manuchehr Mottaki]] representing President [[Mahmoud Ahmadinejad]].<ref name="akh12">{{cite news|url=http://english.al-akhbar.com/node/4198|title=Imad Mughniyeh in Iran: The Stuff of Legends|last=Chalhoub|first=Elie|date=14 February 2012|newspaper=Al Akhbar|access-date=4 August 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130929133648/http://english.al-akhbar.com/node/4198|archive-date=29 September 2013|url-status=dead}}</ref> At the funeral, Hassan Nasrallah appeared via video link and in the eulogy delivered for his fallen comrade, declared: "You crossed the borders. Zionists, if you want an open war, let it be an open war anywhere."<ref name=Peraino/><ref name=ADL>{{cite web|title=Hezbollah Threatens "Open War" on Israel|author=ADL|publisher=ADL|url=http://www.adl.org/main_Terrorism/hezbollah_overview.htm?Multi_page_sections=sHeading_2|date=31 March 2008|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081130111840/http://www.adl.org/main_Terrorism/hezbollah_overview.htm?Multi_page_sections=sHeading_2|archive-date=30 November 2008|df=dmy-all}}</ref> Lebanese senior cleric [[Mohammad Hussein Fadlallah]] said that "the resistance has lost one of its pillars."<ref>{{cite news|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/7242607.stm|work=BBC|title=Hezbollah's most secretive operative|date=13 February 2008|access-date=2 April 2010|first=Kathryn|last=Westcott|archive-date=18 February 2009|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090218200926/http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/7242607.stm|url-status=live}}</ref> Iran condemned the killing as "yet another brazen example of organised state terrorism by the Zionist regime" (Israel).<ref>{{cite news|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/middle_east/7242383.stm|work=BBC|title=Bomb kills top Hezbollah leader|date=13 February 2008|access-date=2 April 2010|archive-date=13 September 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180913180750/http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/middle_east/7242383.stm|url-status=live}}</ref> A symbolic tomb was erected for Mughniyeh in the [[Behesht-e Zahra|Behesht-e-Zahra]] cemetery of [[Tehran]].<ref name="akh12" /> Later the Iranian government named a street in Tehran after Imad Mughniyeh as well.<ref>{{Cite journal|last=Riazi|first=Toloo|date=2019|title=The Politics of Naming Public Spaces in Tehran|journal=Culture, Health & Sexuality|volume=21|issue=10|pages=1146–61; see p. 1154|doi=10.1080/13691058.2018.1543801|pmid=30668273|s2cid=58947949}}</ref>

The assassination of Mughniyeh was condemned in some parts of the world. Then Italian Foreign Minister [[Massimo D'Alema]] termed the assassination "terror" in an interview,<ref name=meron>{{cite news|last=Rapoport|first=Meron|title=Italian FM says Mughniyeh killing in Damascus was act of 'terror'|url=http://www.haaretz.com/news/italian-fm-says-mughniyah-killing-in-damascus-was-act-of-terror-1.239907|access-date=12 January 2013|newspaper=Haaretz|date=22 February 2008|archive-date=23 October 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121023233713/http://www.haaretz.com/news/italian-fm-says-mughniyah-killing-in-damascus-was-act-of-terror-1.239907|url-status=live}}</ref> while Gideon Levy of the Israeli newspaper ''[[Haaretz]]'' claimed the assassination actually undermined Israel's security.<ref>{{cite web|last=Levy|first=Gideon|url=http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/954787.html|title=Liquidation sale|publisher=Haaretz|date=17 February 2008|access-date=22 July 2012|archive-date=9 February 2009|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090209000816/http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/954787.html|url-status=live}}</ref>

The [[Presidency of George W. Bush|Bush administration]] welcomed news of Mugniyeh's death. A spokesman of the U.S. State Department said: "The world is a better place without this man in it. He was a coldblooded killer, a mass murderer and a terrorist responsible for countless innocent lives lost. One way or another he was brought to justice."<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2008/feb/13/israelandthepalestinians.usa|work=The Guardian|location=London|title=Car bomb kills Hizbullah chief in Syria|first=James|last=Sturcke|date=13 February 2008|access-date=2 April 2010|archive-date=1 September 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130901180916/http://www.theguardian.com/world/2008/feb/13/israelandthepalestinians.usa|url-status=live}}</ref> [[Danny Yatom]], former head of the Israeli Mossad said: "He was one of the most dangerous terrorists ever on Earth."<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/02/13/AR2008021300494.html|newspaper=The Washington Post|title=Bombing Kills Top Figure in Hezbollah|first1=Anthony|last1=Shadid|first2=Alia|last2=Ibrahim|date=14 February 2008|access-date=2 April 2010|archive-date=4 November 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121104112039/http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/02/13/AR2008021300494.html|url-status=live}}</ref>

After Mughniyeh's killing, Hezbollah's elite Intervention Unit was renamed the [[Redwan Force]] after his operational alias Hajj Radwan (الحاج رضوان) in April 2008.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Ward |first1=Euan |title=Here’s What to Know About Hezbollah’s Radwan Force |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2024/01/08/world/middleeast/radwan-hezbollah-israel.html |access-date=18 September 2024 |work=[[New York Times]] |date=2024-01-08 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20240109030559/https://www.nytimes.com/2024/01/08/world/middleeast/radwan-hezbollah-israel.html |archive-date=2024-01-09}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last1=Beeri |first1=Tal |title=The Radwan Unit ("Radwan Force" - Unit 125) |url=https://israel-alma.org/2023/01/05/the-radwan-unit-radwan-force-unit-125/ |website=Alma Research and Education Center |access-date=4 November 2023 |date=5 January 2023}}</ref><ref name="Ynetnews9Jun23">{{cite news |last1=Halabi |first1=Einav |title=Hezbollah's commando force emboldens Nasrallah to take on Israel |url=https://www.ynetnews.com/magazine/article/skmb7tk8h |website=Ynetnews |access-date=4 November 2023 |language=en |date=9 June 2023}}</ref>

On the 10th anniversary of Mugniyeh's killing, Iranian Major General [[Qasem Soleimani]], commander of the [[Quds Force]] of [[Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps]], described Mugniyeh as "the legend of our time," grief caused by whose loss was only second to that of [[Ruhollah Khomeini#Death and funeral|Ruhollah Khomeini]], the leader of the [[Iranian Revolution|1979 Iranian Revolution]].  Soleimani said that what made Mugniyeh unique was not his expertise in guerrilla warfare but "his attachment to something superterrestrial."<ref name=":0">{{Cite news|url=http://www.farsnews.com/newstext.php?nn=13961126000252|title=خبرگزاری فارس – امروز غزه و لبنان نقاط تولید اضطراب دائم برای اسرائیل است/ قصاص خون عماد مغنیه نابودی رژیم‌صهیونیستی است|date=2018-02-15|work=خبرگزاری فارس|access-date=15 February 2018|language=fa-IR|trans-title=Today Gaza and Lebanon are permanent stress-generating spots for Israel The avenge for Imad Mugniyah's blood is destruction of the Zionist regime|archive-date=26 April 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180426101212/http://www.farsnews.com/newstext.php?nn=13961126000252|url-status=dead}}</ref> Soleimani stressed that "the enemy must recognize that avenging Mughniyah's death won't be fulfilled by launching a missile or killing someone in response, but bloods like these will be only avenged by full destruction of the Zionist regime" which he said was "a definite Divine promise."<ref name=":0">{{Cite news|url=http://www.farsnews.com/newstext.php?nn=13961126000252|title=خبرگزاری فارس – امروز غزه و لبنان نقاط تولید اضطراب دائم برای اسرائیل است/ قصاص خون عماد مغنیه نابودی رژیم‌صهیونیستی است|date=2018-02-15|work=خبرگزاری فارس|access-date=15 February 2018|language=fa-IR|trans-title=Today Gaza and Lebanon are permanent stress-generating spots for Israel The avenge for Imad Mugniyah's blood is destruction of the Zionist regime|archive-date=26 April 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180426101212/http://www.farsnews.com/newstext.php?nn=13961126000252|url-status=dead}}</ref> (Less than two years later, Soleimani himself was assassinated in [[Assassination of Qasem Soleimani|a targeted U.S. drone strike]] in January 2020 in [[Baghdad]].<ref>{{Cite news |url=https://www.cnn.com/2020/01/02/middleeast/baghdad-airport-rockets/index.html |title=US drone strike ordered by Trump kills top Iranian commander in Baghdad |last1=Cohen |first1=Zachary |date=3 January 2020 |access-date=3 January 2020 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200103031258/https://www.cnn.com/2020/01/02/middleeast/baghdad-airport-rockets/index.html |archive-date=3 January 2020 |publisher=[[CNN]] |last2=Alkhshali |first2=Hamdi |last3=Khadder |first3=Kareem |last4=Dewan |first4=Angela}}</ref>)