Resistance groups slam cowardly Israeli bombing in Beirut

Islamic resistance movements have condemned Israel’s bombing of a southern suburb in Lebanon’s capital, Beirut, targeting a senior Hezbollah commander.

On Tuesday, the Israeli military carried out a targeted strike against the Hezbollah commander, who survived the attack, but several innocent people reportedly died and were injured during the aggression.

Lebanon’s official National News Agency (NNA) reported the attack was conducted by a drone that fired three missiles. It said the strike had targeted the area around Hezbollah’s Shoura Council in the Haret Hreik neighborhood of Beirut.

In a statement, the Israeli military said it had targeted a Hezbollah commander the regime claimed was responsible for last week’s rocket attack on the occupied Golan Heights.

Media reports said that the assassination attempt against Fuad Shukr was a failure. He is the highest military figure in Hezbollah and a longtime advisor to the group's leader Hassan Nasrallah.

Lebanon’s Health Ministry said three people, including two children, have been killed and 74 wounded in the Israeli strike on Beirut’s southern suburbs. 

The “non-final toll of the Israeli aggression on the southern suburbs of Beirut… is three martyrs, including a woman, a girl and a boy”.

The ministry added that “the search for missing persons under the rubble continues”.

Hamas strongly condemns Israeli aggression  

The Palestinian resistance movement Hamas strongly condemned “the brutal Zionist aggression on Lebanon and the brotherly Lebanese people, which targeted a building for the Hezbollah in Beirut's southern suburb and resulted in the martyrdom and injury of a number of innocent citizens.”

Hamas called it “a dangerous escalation for which the Nazi-Zionist occupation bears full responsibility.”  

“We declare our full solidarity with brotherly Lebanon and our brothers in Hezbollah, and we affirm that the arrogance of the occupation and its attempt to restore its lost prestige and deterrence by committing more crimes in Palestine, Lebanon, Yemen, and the Middle East will be nothing but an uncalculated adventure, for which the occupation will pay a heavy price,” said the Hamas statement.  

Hamas said it holds “the US administration responsible for the occupation's crimes and ongoing violations through its continued open political and military support, which has tempted the occupation and the Neo-Nazis to commit more foolishness and crimes that threaten peace and security throughout the Middle East.”

“We call on all the forces, components, and parties of the Ummah [Muslim world] to unite and show solidarity with Lebanon,” the statement added.

“We also call on the international community and the United Nations to assume their legal and political responsibilities in stopping the genocide and ethnic cleansing against our people and stopping the Zionist aggression against Lebanon and the Lebanese people on the path to ending the occupation of Palestine and our occupied Arab lands,” it added.

Islamic Jihad slams ‘treacherous Israeli aggression’

Islamic Jihad Movement in Palestine also condemned “the treacherous Zionist aggression against Lebanon, its land and its people, and we see in it the persistence of the Nazi government in the entity to ignite the entire region and prepare to commit new massacres against the peoples of our nation.”

“We affirm our solidarity with the brotherly Lebanese people, and our standing by Lebanon and its people and their resistance in the face of the criminal policies that afflict our people in the Gaza Strip and the occupied West Bank,” it said in a statement.

Ansarallah blasts Israeli breach of ‘Lebanon's sovereignty’

Meanwhile, Yemen’s Ansarallah resistance movement denounced the Israeli aggression.

“We condemn and denounce in the strongest terms the Zionist aggression on the southern suburb of the Lebanese capital, Beirut.”

The resistance group said the attack was “in violation of all international conventions and flagrant breach of Lebanon's sovereignty and international humanitarian law.”

Ansarallah pointed out that “this serious transgression comes after war criminal Netanyahu's recent visit to the White House and the shameless and ridiculous applause within the US Congress supporting the genocidal crimes committed by the Zionist entity in occupied Palestine, making the Americans full partners in this crime.”

“While we affirm our solidarity with Lebanon and its resistance in confronting Zionist arrogance, we highly appreciate the significant role of Hezbollah in supporting the Palestinian people and standing up for their injustice,” the Ansarallah statement noted.  

It lamented that “Arab regimes have abandoned their role and responsibility in defending the Palestinian people and confronting ‘Israeli’ aggression crimes.”

“We also extend our sincerest condolences and sympathies to the families of the victims, and we pray to Allah Almighty for the swift recovery of the wounded. We renew our commitment to Palestine and its people, pledging that our support for our people and armed forces will continue until the Zionist aggression and arrogance in Gaza cease,” Ansarallah said.

Popular Front slams ‘dangerous Zionist escalation’

The Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine said in a statement that Israel “has committed a new war crime that represents the true face of this entity, which systematically targets civilians. The Front calls for rallying around the resistance, as it is the only way to deter this criminal enemy.”

"We express our deep and profound solidarity with our brothers in Lebanon over the martyrdom of civilians due to this cowardly bombing, wishing the wounded a speedy recovery,” the statement said.

The Popular Front called the bombing “a dangerous Zionist escalation that pushes the confrontation with the entity to a new phase.”

It added that “the Islamic resistance in Lebanon, along with the resistance fronts in all arenas, will respond painfully and forcefully to this crime, deep within the Zionist territory.”

“The Front emphasized its full confidence in the insight and courage of the resistance leadership in Lebanon and the brothers in Hezbollah, which has enabled them to confront and defeat the enemy at every turn, and to support Palestine and its oppressed people with bravery and capability.”

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