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The Israeli attack risks Lebanon being involved in the military conflict of the Middle East and with it Iran...
Israeli forces today carried out rocket attacks near Beirut, the capital of Lebanon. In those attacks, the deputy head of the Hamas political bureau, Saleh Al-Aruri, was killed, which was confirmed by the Palestinian militants. This is precisely the trigger that can lead to an escalation of the conflict in the Middle East. The Lebanese militant group Hezbollah is now threatening retaliation against Israel over an attack on official Beirut territory.
Who is Al-Aruri?
Al-Aruri was known to be deeply involved in Hamas' military affairs. Based in Lebanon, Al-Aruri, 57, was the deputy head of the terror group's Political Bureau and considered the leader of Hamas' military wing in the West Bank.
Israeli officials believe Al-Aruri also helped plan the kidnapping and killing of three Israeli teenagers in June 2014, as well as numerous other attacks on Israel. He served several sentences in Israeli prisons and was released in March 2010.
He later moved to Istanbul, but was forced to change his residential address again when Israel eased ties with Turkey, which were severed by an Israeli military attack on a Gaza-bound flotilla that killed nine Turkish citizens.
After spending some time in Syria, Al-Aruri eventually moved to Beirut. From there, he managed Hamas's military operations in the West Bank. He was also one of the Hamas officials most closely linked to Iran and the terrorist group Hezbollah in Lebanon.
There, Al-Aruri created local Hamas forces from activists in Lebanese refugee camps. The group has military training and an arsenal of missiles, though not to the same extent as Hezbollah.
He died when an Israeli drone struck a Hamas office in the southern suburbs of Lebanon's capital Beirut, killing several people, the Lebanese state news agency reported.
Hezbollah's response
Because of this attack and Al-Aruri's killing, the Lebanese militant group Hezbollah said the killing of senior Hamas officials in Beirut represented a "serious attack on Lebanon" and a "dangerous development" in the war with Israel.
"This crime will not go unanswered. We are faithful to our principles and obligations that we have given ourselves. This is a day we will remember", said Hezbollah in 'Telegram'.
The Palestinian militant group Hamas earlier confirmed that Al-Aruri and two leaders of its elite Al-Qassam Brigades were killed in an Israeli strike on the outskirts of Beirut.
A total of six people were killed in the attack that hit Hamas facilities. The Israeli army has not yet commented on the attack.
However, since the conflict between Hamas and Israel began on October 7, the Lebanese group Hezbollah has threatened to enter the conflict directly. This did not happen now, but Tel Aviv and Hezbollah forces exchanged fire across the border.
But the risk of escalation has never been greater than now.
The power of Hezbollah
Unlike Hamas and Islamic Jihad, Hezbollah is not based in Palestine, but in Lebanon.
Being directly linked to Iran, this group has deep ties to other Iran-linked groups such as Hamas and Islamic Jihad. After the attack on Saturday morning, October 7, Hezbollah announced that it was in "direct contact with the leadership of the Palestinian resistance."
This group has a different status with different powers - some countries have declared it a terrorist organization in its entirety, some only its military wing, and there are also countries like Russia and China that maintain contact with it. The EU declared Hezbollah's military wing a terrorist organization, while Germany did so in full in April this year. Great Britain did it last year and a little earlier, in 2016, so did the Arab League.
Hezbollah is a pro-Iranian Shia Lebanese paramilitary organization that was created in 1982 in response to Israel's entry into southern Lebanon. After 18 years, the military wing of Hezbollah (Islamic Resistance of Lebanon) forced Israel to withdraw in 2000, after many losses inflicted on the Israelis. / Adapt " Pamphlet" from "Nova"
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