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According to the report, Hezbollah warned Saturday that it would have no choice but to fight on after an Israeli strike on targets in Lebanon killed eight of its operatives.
The report stated that Lebanon’s government has vowed to disarm Hezbollah, but Israel insists it retains the right to defend itself by striking the Iran-backed military group. On Friday, the Israeli military said it had hit Hezbollah command centers in eastern Lebanon and targets linked to the Palestinian group Hamas in the south.
Hezbollah said Saturday that eight of its fighters had been killed, after Lebanon’s health ministry said 10 people died in the east and two in the south.
The report said that Lebanon’s President Joseph Aoun also condemned the attacks, which came just days after the government said the army would start implementing the second phase of its plan to disarm Hezbollah in the south of the country.
President Aoun said that the strikes came as tensions were also building between the United States and Iran, with US President Donald Trump threatening military action over the Islamic Republic’s nuclear program. Iran backs several armed groups in the region, including Hezbollah and Hamas.
The report added that in Lebanon’s eastern city of Baalbek, a mass funeral was held for commander Hussein Mohammad Yaghi and one of the fighters, with hundreds of people gathered, waving Hezbollah flags and chanting support.
A Hezbollah official, speaking on condition of anonymity, told AFP all eight members of the group were attending a meeting in the eastern Bekaa region when a strike killed them.
Additionally, the Israeli military said it had targeted “several terrorists of Hezbollah’s missile array in three different command centers in the Baalbek area.
Source: The Defense Post
The report stated that Lebanon’s government has vowed to disarm Hezbollah, but Israel insists it retains the right to defend itself by striking the Iran-backed military group. On Friday, the Israeli military said it had hit Hezbollah command centers in eastern Lebanon and targets linked to the Palestinian group Hamas in the south.
Hezbollah said Saturday that eight of its fighters had been killed, after Lebanon’s health ministry said 10 people died in the east and two in the south.
The report said that Lebanon’s President Joseph Aoun also condemned the attacks, which came just days after the government said the army would start implementing the second phase of its plan to disarm Hezbollah in the south of the country.
President Aoun said that the strikes came as tensions were also building between the United States and Iran, with US President Donald Trump threatening military action over the Islamic Republic’s nuclear program. Iran backs several armed groups in the region, including Hezbollah and Hamas.
The report added that in Lebanon’s eastern city of Baalbek, a mass funeral was held for commander Hussein Mohammad Yaghi and one of the fighters, with hundreds of people gathered, waving Hezbollah flags and chanting support.
A Hezbollah official, speaking on condition of anonymity, told AFP all eight members of the group were attending a meeting in the eastern Bekaa region when a strike killed them.
Additionally, the Israeli military said it had targeted “several terrorists of Hezbollah’s missile array in three different command centers in the Baalbek area.
Source: The Defense Post
