Iran and its regional allies on Thursday, Hamas and Hezbollah vowed to avenge the death of its leaders, which has escalated regional tensions.
Hamas political chief Ismail Haniya The funeral was held on Thursday in the Iranian capital, Tehran, where he was killed in an attack on the morning of July 31.
Later, Ismail Haniya’s body was taken to Khaki Qatar, where he lived and where he will be buried today. Hamas has declared Friday a ‘day of intense anger’ in the Palestinian territories and across the region.
Hezbollah chief Hassan Nasrallah, speaking at the funeral of Fawad Shukar, the Lebanese group’s top military commander, said Israel and those behind it “wait for our inevitable response.”
A day after Fawad Shukar was killed in an attack in south Beirut, Hassan Nasrallah addressed Israel: ‘You don’t know what limits you have crossed.’
Israel, which says Fawad Shukar was killed last week in response to a deadly rocket attack on the Golan Heights, warned its opponents on Thursday that any “aggression” would face a “huge price”. May have to pay.
Israeli Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu said in a statement that Israel is well prepared to deal with any situation. Those who attack us, we will attack them in return.’
Sources close to Hezbollah told AFP that Iranian officials met with representatives of the ‘Axis of Resistance’ in Tehran on Wednesday.
“Two scenarios were discussed: a simultaneous response from Iran and its allies or a separate response from each side,” the source said on condition of anonymity.
The head of Yemen’s Houthi rebels has vowed a ‘military response’ to Israel’s ‘major escalation’.
Analysts told AFP that retaliation would be limited to avoid a major war.
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Amal Saad, a researcher and lecturer on Hezbollah at Cardiff University in the UK, says that ‘Iran and its supported groups will likely try to avoid war while also strongly resisting this new Israeli policy. .’
In Tehran, Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Khamenei led Ismail Haniyeh’s funeral prayer on August 1 and had earlier threatened ‘severe punishment’ for his murder.
An AFP correspondent reported that the participants of the procession, which started at Tehran University, including women in black burqas, carried posters of Ismail Haniyeh and Palestinian flags.
According to images from Iran’s state television, senior Iranian officials, including President Masoud Al-Badzikian and Revolutionary Guards chief General Hossein Salami, attended the funeral.
Iran’s Revolutionary Guard announced a day ago that Ismail Haniyeh and one of his bodyguards were killed in an attack on their residence in Tehran early Wednesday (July 31).
However, the New York Times has reported citing unidentified sources, including two Iranian officials, that the explosion was caused by explosives planted several months ago.
When asked about this report, Israeli military spokesman Daniel Hagari told reporters that “Israel did not conduct any other airstrikes in the entire Middle East on the night of Fawad Shukar’s murder.”
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2024-08-02 18:11:11
