Hezbollah's leader reiterated on Friday, January 5, that a response to the attack that killed Hamas' number two in Beirut was “inevitable.” That attack, attributed to Israel, targeted the apartment where Saleh Al-Arouri was staying in the southern suburbs of the Lebanese capital on January 2, killing the leader and six other Hamas officials and executives.
This shot “is serious and will not go unanswered,” Hassan Nasrallah warned in a televised address, assuring that his movement would respond “on the battlefield.” Hamas ally Hezbollah launches daily attacks against Israel from southern Lebanon.
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“We cannot remain silent about a breach of this magnitude because it would mean that the entire Lebanon would be exposed in the future,” stressed Hassan Nasrallah. “Our fighters from all border areas (…) will respond to this dangerous violation,” he added. On Wednesday, the leader of the Shiite movement had already given a speech in which he assured, without further details, that the murder of Saleh Al-Arouri “will not go unpunished.”
Tuesday's strike is the first since October 7 on the outskirts of the Lebanese capital. Israel, which did not claim it, was immediately blamed by Hamas, Hezbollah and the Lebanese government. An American defense official also assured that it was indeed an “Israeli attack.” The clashes between Israel and Hezbollah are currently limited to the border areas in southern Lebanon.
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