Rapid Escalation In The Middle East: Israel Crossed The "Red" Line - Bombed the Hezbollah stronghold in Beirut - 'New Phase Of Confrontation'

Rapid escalation in the Middle East: Israel crossed the "red" line - Bombed the Hezbollah stronghold in Beirut - The deputy leader of Hamas is dead

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Israel crossed Hezbollah's "red line" when it bombed the stronghold of H. Nasrallah's organization, killing six people.

Among the dead are Hamas "Number 2," Saleh al-Aruri, who is the organization's deputy leader abroad, and Dr. Khalil al-Khaliya, a Hamas MP who had survived at least 15 assassination attempts on him.

Israel now appears to be seeking a full-scale showdown with Hezbollah, which is closer than ever.

It is the first time since the start of Israeli military operations in the Gaza Strip that Israel has launched an attack on the Lebanese capital. Clashes between the Israeli army and Lebanon's Hezbollah have so far been confined to border areas.

A senior Israeli official said Israel is preparing for a major Hezbollah response that could include firing long-range missiles at Israeli targets.

It is noteworthy that Israel's defense minister a few days ago said that: "If you hear that we attacked Beirut, you will know that Hezbollah crossed the red line."

HEZBOLLAH LEADER HASSAN NASRALLAH HAS SAID IN THE PAST ASSASSINATION IN LEBANON WILL NOT BE TOLERATED “Any assassination on Lebanese soil against a Lebanese, Syrian, Iranian or Palestinian will be met with a decisive response. We will not allow this to be tolerated

In a statement, the prime minister said that " this new Israeli crime aims to drag Lebanon into a new phase of confrontation" with Israel.

Born in 1966 in Arura in the West Bank, Salah al-Arouri has been a member of the Hamas politburo since 2010 and the movement's second-in-command after Ismail Haniya since 2017.

He was also the leader of Hamas in the West Bank and had been accused by Israel of being the "mastermind" of several attacks.

He had spent a total of more than 20 years in Israeli prisons and in 2010 was deported to Syria, where he stayed for three years before traveling to Turkey and settling in Lebanon in recent years.

He was also one of the Hamas officials most closely linked to Iran and the Hezbollah group in Lebanon.

In turn, Iran announced that the killing of Saleh al-Arouri in an Israeli drone strike in Lebanon would further fuel the resistance, state media reported.

"The martyr's blood will undoubtedly ignite another explosion in the veins of the resistance and will be an additional motivation against the Zionist occupiers, not only in Palestine but also in the region and among all freedom seekers worldwide, " said the Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesman. , Nasser Kanani.

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