Lebanon: Hezbollah calls Israeli attack on Iran a “dangerous escalation”

The Lebanese Islamist movement Hezbollah, supported by Tehran , described Saturday as a “dangerous escalation” in the region the Israeli strikes on Iran, saying that Washington bore “full responsibility” for the attack launched and by his ally.

“Hezbollah strongly condemns the treacherous Zionist aggression against the Islamic Republic of Iran and considers it a dangerous escalation in the entire region,” Hezbollah said in a statement.

The movement added that the United States “bears full responsibility for the massacres, tragedies and pain” caused by Israel.

On Saturday, Israel announced for the first time publicly that it had attacked Iran, launching pre-dawn strikes against missile manufacturing facilities and surface-to-air missile batteries and other air systems in the country.

The Lebanese Foreign Ministry also condemned the Israeli strikes, calling them “a violation of Iran's sovereignty and a serious threat to the security of the country.” regional”.

He notably called on the UN Security Council to “put an end to Israel's military escalation” in the region.

For over a year, Hezbollah and Israel have been exchanging fire on the border, a “support front” opened by the Lebanese movement in solidarity with the Palestinians in the Gaza Strip and the Islamist movement Hamas, at war with Israel since its unprecedented attack on Israeli soil on October 7, 2023.

On September 23, the conflict turned into open warfare, with deadly ground operations and bombings in southern and eastern Lebanon, as well as in the southern suburbs of Beirut.

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