With Israel’s new attacks in Lebanon, Hezbollah launches a new threat to assassinate Hamas’ number two

The head of Lebanon’s Iranian-backed Hezbollah movement said Friday that the response against Israel the death of Hamas number two, Saleh al-Arouri, in a southern suburb of Beirut, will be “inevitable”.

The Israeli army confirmed this on Friday new attacks against “terrorist infrastructures” of the Islamist movement Hezbollah in southern Lebanon, in the midst of worsening tensions due to the death of the number two of the Palestinian extremist movement in Beirut and shortly before the arrival in the country of the head of diplomacy of the European Union (EU), Josep Borrell, to prevent an expansion of the conflict in the region.

“Air Force planes have completed an attack against the Eita al Shaab and Magdal Zon area, in Lebanese territory,”

The attack in Beirut that killed Arouri “is serious and will not go unanswered”, warned Hassan Nasrallah in a televised speech, assuring that his movement will “respond” on the “battlefield”.

“The response is inevitable,” reiterated the head of Hezbollah, which exchanges attacks on its border with Israel on a daily basis.

“It would be more dangerous to remain silent than face the repercussions of our response,” Nasrallah added. “The battlefield will speak. And the battlefield cannot wait,” said the Lebanese leader, an ally of Hamas and Iran.

Saleh Al Aruri and six other Hamas officials were killed on Tuesday in an attack blamed on Israel on a headquarters of the Palestinian Islamic movement, an ally of Hezbollah.

This is the first attack to hit the Lebanese capital since the war between Israel and Hamas in Gaza began on October 7.

HeyIsrael did not claim responsibility for the attack, but it was blamed by Hamas, Hezbollah and the Lebanese government. A US defense official also said that “this was an Israeli attack”.

“We cannot remain silent in the face of a breach of this magnitude, because it would mean that all of Lebanon would be exposed in the future,” Nasrallah said.

“Our fighters in all border areas (…) will respond to this dangerous violation,” he added.

The clash intensifies

Since the clashes began between Israel and Hezbollah, which claims to act in solidarity with Hamas in Gaza, the Lebanese Shiite Islamic movement has carried out 670 operations against the neighboring stateassured Hassan Nasrallah.

This violence, Without precedents Since the war against them in 2006, it has left 175 people dead in Lebanon, including 129 Hezbollah fighters but also more than 20 civilians, according to an AFP tally.

According to authorities, nine soldiers and five civilians have died in northern Israel.

Nasrallah accused Israel of downplaying the number of soldiers killed and injured as a result of its training, considering it “part of psychological warfare.”

“We now have a historic opportunity to completely liberate every square inch of our Lebanese land,” he added, referring to territories still occupied by Israel after its withdrawal from southern Lebanon in 2000.

Source: AFP