The United States and the European Union strongly condemned the launching of rockets from southern Lebanon to northern Israel and the occupied Golan Heights. Rules of engagement.
US State Department spokesman Ned Price said that the United States strongly condemns Hezbollah’s missile attack on Israel.
Price added in a statement: “Such acts of violence endanger the citizens of both countries and threaten the stability and sovereignty of Lebanon.”
He added that the United States continued to maintain contact with Israeli and Lebanese officials and the Lebanese Armed Forces, but did not provide more details.
Price urgently called on the Lebanese government to prevent the recurrence of such attacks and strengthen its control over the area, and urged it to facilitate the full entry of UN peacekeeping forces.
As far as the European Union is concerned, it said it is closely monitoring developments in the past few days, including Israel’s response through artillery and air strikes.
The EU emphasized in a statement that all parties need to exercise maximum restraint and work to resolve current tensions quickly.
The EU requires respect for relevant Security Council resolutions, such as Resolutions 1559 and 1701.
The European Union reaffirms its full support for the efforts of the United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon and the importance of keeping Lebanon away from all regional conflicts.
On August 4, rockets were launched from southern Lebanon towards Israel. No one party claimed responsibility for the operation. The Israeli army responded by bombing multiple areas in southern Lebanon.
On Friday, Lebanon fired rockets at Israel again, and Hezbollah claimed responsibility for the operation in a statement.
In response to the rockets, Israeli troops bombed the Kafashuba hills in southern Lebanon and the border with Habariya on Friday.
Dangerous development
In his first comment on these developments, the Secretary-General of Hezbollah stated that Israel’s bombing of southern Lebanon two days ago was very dangerous, and that it had not happened in 15 years, and warned that any Israeli air strikes would be dangerous. Get an appropriate response.
Regarding the recent escalation between Israel and Hezbollah, Nasrallah explained that the Israeli Air Force launched three air strikes after the shelling.
Nasrallah said in a televised speech on Saturday night: “No matter what the internal situation in Lebanon, we will protect our people and our country. We must not bet on Lebanon’s division.”
“I tell the enemy not to bet on the environment around the resistance movement because it is always supportive and loyal,” he added.
Determine the rules of engagement
Nasrallah emphasized, “The purpose of yesterday’s action was to establish rules of engagement to protect our country, but we don’t want to create a new equation,” adding, “You (the Israelis) bombed the open land, so we Bombed open land.”
Hezbollah announced that it had bombed Israeli bases near the occupied Sabah farms with dozens of missiles, and emphasized that the bombing was in response to an Israeli air strike against open areas in the south of the country at dawn on Thursday.
In response, Nasrallah said, “We are officially responsible for responding to the Israeli attack on Lebanon.”
(Al Jazeera)He added that the resistance chose the Shab’a farms as the target of the response because they are military zones without civilians, and pointed out that the daytime bombing was deliberate.
The Secretary-General of Hezbollah stated that “Israel’s assessment of the balance of deterrence created by the resistance will be undermined by the attack” and emphasized that “the July 2006 war created a balance of deterrence with the Israeli enemy”.
Nasrallah emphasized that Israel has not launched an attack on Lebanon in 15 years because it is worried about the impact of the war on the resistance.
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