Lebanon destabilisation ‘not in Israel’s security interest’: Germany
The German government has said the killing of Nasrallah in a wave of Israeli strikes on Lebanon could have negative repercussions for Israel’s own security.
In an interview to German TV channel ARD, Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock said the “highly dangerous” situation after Nasrallah’s killing “threatens destabilisation for the whole of Lebanon”.
“That is in no way in Israel’s security interest,” she said.
Palestinians in Gaza, West Bank decry killing of Nasrallah
Gaza City resident Khalil Youssef, 45, said that “the martyrdom” of Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah was “a great loss for us as Palestinians”. “He was a rare man who stood against the occupation and supported us,” Youssef told AFP. “He never wavered in his resistance to Israel.”
Another Gaza City resident said Palestinians in Gaza had lost a “rare resistance leader”.
In the occupied West Bank, Ramallah resident Abu Saleh Hisham told the news agency that Nasrallah’s killing from an Israeli air attack on the densely packed Dahiyeh district of Beirut was a case of Israeli “terrorism”.
“This is Zionist aggression … and terrorism against the Lebanese people, against the heroic Lebanese resistance, against the leaders of the brave resistance,” he said.
Lebanon PM condemns Israeli attack that killed Nasrallah, civilians
Najib Mikati, Lebanon’s interim prime minister, has denounced Friday’s air attacks that also killed Lebanese civilians in the Dahiyeh neighbourhood of Beirut.
In a televised statement, Mikati called for the Lebanese people to “stand united in the face of aggression” as the country remains on the brink of a humanitarian and economic crisis.
Speaking at an emergency cabinet meeting that he convened upon returning from the UN General Assembly in New York, Mikati also announced that all state-run institutions would be closed on Monday.
Iran’s supreme leader declares 5 days of mourning for slain Hezbollah chief
Iran’s supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, has declared five days of public mourning for Hassan Nasrallah.
“I … offer my condolences for the martyrdom of the great Nasrallah and his martyred companions and announce five days of public mourning in Islamic Iran,” Khamenei said in a statement carried by the official IRNA news agency.
