The Lebanese MP Fouad Makhzoumi said on Sunday that “the time for action has come” in a social media post criticizing the Hezbollah terror organization for the recent Israeli strike in Beirut.
“Beirut was struck today. Our capital, weary from crises and the wounds of years, finds itself once again at the heart of danger, while the Lebanese feel that the blow has struck all of Lebanon, not just Beirut alone,” Makhzoumi wrote.
“And at the very moment when the country needs protection and stability, Hezbollah continues to drag Lebanon to the brink of confrontation, after deploying its war media just two days ago with videos threatening rockets, drones, and field operations,” he added.
He also assured that “words were no longer enough,” and that it was not going to be enough just to condemn Hezbollah’s presence in the Lebanese capital. “We need actions, not words,” he demanded.
Makhzoumi also assured that “the international community, led by the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia and the United States of America, is ready to help and support us. This is a golden opportunity for Lebanon to prove that it wants to protect its state and its people, and that it is capable of making responsible decisions.”
According to him, the government must now implement the decisions issued on August 5 and 7, which established a plan to bring all weapons in Lebanon under the control of the state, including those held by Hezbollah, and to accomplish the US plan to disarm non-governmental entities stationed in southern Lebanon.
He concluded: “This is the state's responsibility toward Lebanon. And the time is up. The time for action has come.”
The strike on Beirut was the most aggressive attack on Lebanese soil since the beginning of the ceasefire between Israel and Lebanon in 2024. It killed military commander Ali Tabatabai in the heart of the city.
IDF sources, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, and Defense Minister Israel Katz explained that they targeted Tabatabai because less aggressive measures over the last year had failed to prevent Hezbollah from continuing its process of rearming to threaten Israel.
“Prime Minister [Benjamin] Netanyahu ordered the strike on the recommendation of the defense minister and the IDF chief of staff,” the Prime Minister’s Office confirmed in a post to X/Twitter on Sunday afternoon.
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