International forces operating in southern Lebanon warned (UNIFILToday, Wednesday, there is a possibility of escalation after the assassination Saleh Al-Arouri Vice President of the Political Bureau of the Islamic Resistance Movement (agitation) and his companions in the southern suburb of Beirut, while Lebanese parties and movements continue to condemn the assassination.
Today, the National News Agency quoted the Deputy Director of the UNIFIL Media Office, Candice Ardell, as saying that she was concerned about any possibility of escalation that could have devastating consequences for people on both sides of the Blue Line.
She added: “We continue to call on all parties to cease fire, and we also appeal to any influential interlocutors to urge restraint.”
Commenting on the attack, the Lebanese Prime Minister said: Najib MikatiThis explosion is a new Israeli crime aimed at bringing Lebanon into a new phase of confrontations, after the ongoing daily attacks in the south, which lead to a large number of martyrs and wounded.
He added that Lebanon is committed to the relevant resolutions of international legitimacy, but what is being asked about violating and transgressing them is Israel, which “is not yet satisfied with killing and destruction, and what is required is to deter it and stop its aggression,” as he put it.
The Lebanese Ministry of Foreign Affairs also announced that it had submitted two “strongly worded” protests to the United Nations regarding the Israeli raid on the Beirut suburb that targeted leaders of the Hamas movement, including Al-Arouri.
While he said Hizb allah The Lebanese newspaper said that the assassination of Al-Arouri is a dangerous attack on Lebanon and will not pass without response and punishment, considering that the assassination in the heart of the southern suburb of Beirut is a dangerous attack on Lebanon, its people, its security and its sovereignty.
The party believed that “this heinous crime will only increase the resistance of the resistance in Palestine, Lebanon, Yemen, Syria, Iran and Iraq in their belief in their just cause and a firm and firm commitment and determination to continue the path of resistance and jihad until victory and liberation.”
Repeated Israeli aggression
For his part, the Mufti of Lebanon, Sheikh Abdul Latif Derian, condemned the Israeli aggression on the southern suburb of Beirut by assassinating Al-Arouri and his companions.
On Wednesday, the Lebanese National News Agency quoted Derian as saying, “Terrorism and criminality are the hallmark of the brutal Zionist entity that violates all international resolutions in Gaza and the rest of the occupied Palestinian territories and Lebanon.” He added, “The described terrorist Zionist action against the Palestinian brothers in Lebanon is an assault on Lebanon and the Lebanese.” .
He continued that the Israeli enemy is trying in various ways and methods to plunge Lebanon into the war through its repeated aggression against southern Lebanon and targeting villages and towns and those who are safe in their homes, the latest of which is the treacherous targeting of the southern suburb of Beirut.
Derian said, “We ask the UN Security Council, the United Nations and international organizations: What is the value of your international resolutions and what is their benefit if they are not implemented by the Zionist entity, which constantly considers itself above international resolutions and laws with the support of the United States of America and its allies?”
For its part, the Amal Movement in Lebanon confirmed that the assassination of Al-Arouri and his companions is an aggression against Lebanon and its sovereignty and a crime added to Israel’s record of crimes and massacres.
She pointed out that the sinful and cowardly aggression committed by Israel “we put on the map of the international community, which must move quickly to restrain and curb Israeli aggression before it is too late.”
Funeral of martyrs
Hamas announced that the funeral of the seven martyrs in the assassination that took place in Beirut will begin today.
Ahmed Hammoud’s funeral will be held today in Burj al-Shamali camp, and Mahmoud Shaheen’s funeral will be held in Taalabaya in the Bekaa.
On Thursday, the funeral of Sheikh Saleh Al-Arouri, Azzam Al-Aqra’ and Muhammad Al-Rayes will be held in Beirut.
On Friday, the funeral of Samir Fandi will be held in the Rashidiya camp, and Muhammad Bashasha will be held in the city of Sidon.
The assassination in Beirut comes at a time when Lebanon’s southern border has been witnessing daily confrontations and bombing between Hezbollah on the one hand and the Israeli army on the other since last October 8, which resulted in the killing and wounding of dozens on both sides of the border.
