The Lebanon-based Hezbollah Shia movement has officially confirmed the death of its leader Hassan Nasrallah in an Israeli strike on Beirut.
"Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah, Secretary General of Hezbollah, has joined his great, immortal martyr comrades whom he led for about 30 years," the movement said in a statement.
The movement also vowed to continue its fight against Israel.
- The Hamas movement called the assassination of Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah a terrorist attack.
"We condemn this barbaric aggression and consider it a cowardly terrorist attack," the movement said on its Telegram channel. Hamas claimed that the Israeli authorities "are responsible for this crime and for the dangerous consequences for the security and stability of the entire region."
The radicals believe that the "US Administration is also responsible for its constant political, diplomatic and military support [to Israel] and for its silence and incapability to condemn" the Jewish state.
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Iranian people attended an event, titled “the beginning of victory of God”, held in Tehran on Saturday to mourn for Secretary General of Hezbollah Sayyid Hassan Nasrallah who was martyred in an Israeli airstrike on Beirut’s Dahiyeh on September 27.
ReplyDeleteThe Houthi movement in Yemen has mourned the death of Hezbollah chief Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah, its ally in an Iran-backed alliance opposing Israel, in an Israeli airstrike in Beirut.
ReplyDeleteIran Air has cancelled all flights to the Lebanese capital Beirut until further notice, according to the airline's spokesman.
ReplyDeleteIraq PM says Israel crossed 'all red lines' with Nasrallah killing
ReplyDeleteIraq's Prime Minister Mohammed Shia al-Sudani has condemned the killing of Hassan Nasrallah as a "crime".
Iraq has announced three days of mourning over the death of Hassan Nasrallah
ReplyDeleteGatherings of over 1,000 people banned in central Israel beginning Saturday, according to an army spokesman
ReplyDeleteHezbollah Launches First Strike on Israel After Nasrallah’s Death Confirmed
ReplyDeleteHezbollah announced its first attack on Israel following confirmation of the death of the movement's leader, Nasrallah.
Israeli authorities had been aware of the location of Hezbollah Secretary-General Hassan Nasrallah for several months prior to the airstrike that killed him, according to a report by the New York Times, citing unnamed sources.
ReplyDeleteThe Iranian President said that the command to kill Nasrullah was given to the United States. Washington will not be able to absolve itself of responsibility for the murder of the Hezbollah leader.
ReplyDeleteIslamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) Deputy Commander responsible for the IRGC Operations Command Abbas Nilforushan was killed in the Israeli strike on Beirut, the Mehr news agency reported without providing any additional details.
ReplyDeleteIranian President Masoud Pezeshkian claimed that the order to assassinate Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah was given from the United States, and Washington will not be able to absolve itself of responsibility.
ReplyDelete"The world must not forget that the order was given from the United States. The Americans will never be able to absolve themselves of responsibility," the president said, according to the state television of Iran.
Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian said that Hezbollah will continue to shine in the path of fighting oppression despite the absence of its Secretary-General, Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah.
DeleteIRNA quoted Pezeshkian as saying in a statement that Nasrallah has become a martyr in the path of sacrifice and bravery and the martyrdom of the symbols of the resistance, on top, Nasrallah, will makes the resistance stronger than ever.
Pezeshkian added that “no one will forget that the order for assassination of Nasrallah had been issued by the Israeli Prime Minster Benjaim Netanyahu when he was in New York to address the United Nations General Assembly.”
He noted that the United states was complicit in the crime committed by the Israel.
Russia strongly condemns Israel's political assassination of Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrullah, the Russian Foreign Ministry said in a statement.
ReplyDelete"We strongly condemn another political assassination committed by Israel. This violent act is fraught with even greater dramatic consequences for Lebanon and the entire Middle East. The Israeli side could not but be aware of this danger, but it did take such a step - the killing of Lebanese citizens - which will almost inevitably trigger a new spate of violence. It bears the full responsibility for the subsequent escalation," the Russian Foreign Ministry pointed out.
"Once again we are urging Israel to immediately end hostilities. This would make it possible to stop the bloodshed and create conditions for a political and diplomatic settlement," the statement reads. "In the current explosive situation, responsible members of the international community must do everything in their powers to prevent the region from plunging into a full-scale armed confrontation".