The Lebanese Shiite group Hezbollah promised on Wednesday that it will give a “specific” response to the “Israeli massacre” caused among its ranks by the simultaneous and massive explosion of thousands of pagers in the hands of its members in the Lebanon and Syriawhich left at least twelve dead and thousands injured of varying severity.
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In a message issued this morning, the armed formation indicated that despite the attack received, it will continue its support for the “resistance of Gaza and its people” and will continue to defend “Lebanon, its people and its sovereignty.”
The group added that the “massacre” Tuesday will receive a “harsh punishment” and “specific accountability.”
“What happened yesterday will fill us with will and insistence to continue the path of resistance and struggle, and we fully trust in the divine promise of victory for the faithful and patient fighters,” the party said in the statement.
Hezbollah also expressed its “heartfelt blessings and condolences” to the families of those killed and wounded. “in the traitorous attack”.
Hezbollah and Lebanon accuse Israel
Already last night both Hezbollah and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Lebanon They individually attributed the massive explosion of pagers to Israel, which they considered a “criminal attack that also targeted civilians and killed several people”.
“This serious and deliberate Israeli escalation coincides with Israeli threats to expand the war into Lebanon and with its intransigent stance calling for more bloodshed, destruction and sabotage,” the statement said. Lebanese government in a note.
At around 3:30 p.m. on Tuesday (12:30 GMT), thousands of pagers in the hands of Hezbollah members exploded simultaneously at several points in the Lebanonmainly in the south of the country and the southern suburbs of Beirut, controlled by the Shiite formation.
Iran calls Lebanon pager explosions ‘mass murder’
Iran has called it “a terrorist act and a mass murder” the simultaneous explosion of thousands of pagers in the hands by members of the Shiite group Hezbollah in Lebanon, an ally of Tehran, which has caused the deaths of at least twelve people.
“The terrorist operation in Lebanon was carried out as a continuation of the combined operations of the Zionist regime (Israel) and its mercenary agents, and is contrary to all moral and humanitarian principles, international law, and is subject to international criminal prosecution, trial and punishment,” the spokesman said. Iranian Foreign Minister Nasser Kanani in a statement issued late last night.
A terrorist act and a mass murder
The diplomat described it as a “mass murder” the attack in which the Iranian ambassador to Lebanon was injured, Mojtaba Amani, who, according to official versions, is in good condition.
Kananí called for the international community to act quickly to “confront the impunity of the Zionist criminal authorities” of Israel, its staunch enemy.
Paging devices They detonated yesterday in a chain in different places, mainly in the south of the country. and the southern suburbs of Beirut, killing twelve people and injuring at least 2,800.
Hezbollah and Tehran have blamed Israel, which has remained silent, for the attack, while The New York Times reported that Israel placed the explosives in a batch of paging devices made in Taiwan and sold to the Shiite group.
Iran It is one of the main allies of Hezbollah, a group that it has supported financially and with armament since the 1980s.
Tehran also leads the so-called ‘Axis of resistance’, an informal anti-Israeli alliance formed by Hezbollah, the Palestinians of Hamas and the Houthis of Yemen, among others.
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