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“It’s not just a question for the United States. It is a question for every party in the region. Of course, it’s a first-order question to Israel, it’s a question to Hezbollah, but it is a question to all of the other countries in the region about what type of region that they want to live in,” he said.
In a statement to The Associated Press, Ali Ammar condemned the attacks as “a new Israeli aggression against Lebanon.” He vowed that “the resistance will retaliate in a suitable way at the suitable time,” highlighting Hezbollah’s intent to respond to what it views as an act of aggression by Israel.
The explosions, which occurred simultaneously across various regions in Lebanon, including Beirut’s southern suburbs, the Bekaa Valley, and southern Lebanon, have been attributed by Hezbollah and Lebanese officials to Israel. Hezbollah has vowed retaliation for what it calls a “criminal aggression.”
In a statement, Hamas described the explosions, which targeted pagers used by Hezbollah members, as a “terrorist act” and emphasized its solidarity with Hezbollah. “This terrorist act is part of the Zionist enemy’s larger aggression on the region,” the statement read.
This incident comes in the wake of a much larger blast in Lebanon, where at least eight people were killed, and 2,750 others wounded after pagers, many of which were reportedly linked to Hezbollah members and institutions, exploded simultaneously across the country.
Plitsas suggested that Israel may have been aware of a shipment of these pagers bound for Hezbollah and could have modified them before delivery to trigger the explosions.
“This is an opportunity to alter the current dynamics of the conflict with Hezbollah,” said Yiftah Ron-Tal, a major general in the Israeli army reserves, as quoted by Israel’s Channel 14.
Hezbollah, a powerful militant group based in Lebanon, immediately pointed the finger at Israel, accusing it of carrying out what they described as a “criminal aggression.” The Lebanese cabinet echoed this accusation, holding Israel responsible for the blasts.
Reports from The Associated Press confirmed casualties in various parts of Lebanon, while Hezbollah members in Syria were also affected. The precise toll of the dead and wounded is still being assessed.
Reports suggest that Ukrainian representatives have recently met with leaders of these terrorist factions in Idlib, hoping to deploy them for covert operations targeting Russian troops
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