Hassan Nasrallah calls for revenge at funeral of Fuad Shukr as does Iranian president at funeral of Hamas’s political leader, Ismail HaniyehThe leader of Hezbollah has said that the Lebanese group’s conflict with Israel has entered “a new phrase” after the back-to-back assassinations of a senior commander and Hamas’s political chief that risk plunging the Middle East into a regional war.In a televised address broadcast to about 1,000 mourners at the Beirut funeral of Hezbollah’s second-in-command, Fuad Shukr, Hassan Nasrallah vowed that the powerful Shia militia would seek revenge. Continue reading…
Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/world/article/2024/aug/01/funeral-for-hamas-political-leader-haniyeh-held-in-tehran-amid-security-fears
Author : Bethan McKernan in Jerusalem and William Christou in Beirut
Publish date : 2024-08-01 18:31:50
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Hezbollah chief says conflict with Israel is in ‘new phase’ after assassinations
