Hezbollah said on Tuesday (22) that there will be no negotiations as long as fighting continues with Israel and claimed responsibility for a drone attack on the vacation home of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.
The group “takes full and sole responsibility” for targeting Netanyahu’s home, Mohammad Afif, head of the Iranian-backed group’s media office, said at a news conference in Beirut’s southern suburbs.
“If our hands didn’t reach you last time, then days, nights and the battlefield are still between us,” he added.
Israel confirmed that a drone hit Netanyahu’s vacation home. The prime minister was not there at the time, but described the case as an assassination attempt by Hezbollah and called the action a “serious mistake”.
Capture of Hezbollah fighters
The Lebanese group also acknowledged for the first time that Israel had captured some of its fighters since it launched a ground offensive in southern Lebanon, and said Israel was responsible for the health conditions.
Hezbollah did not capture any Israeli soldiers, but came close, according to Afif. “It won’t be long before we have prisoners from the enemy [Israel]”.
He also denied that the Al-Qard Al-Hassan Association is involved in financing Hezbollah salaries or weapons and would fulfill its obligations to clients in full even after Israel targeted it with around 30 strikes on Sunday.
Israel and the US point out that Al-Qard Al-Hassan, which has more than 30 points of sale in Lebanon, is used by Hezbollah for money laundering and financing terrorism, claims that the group denies.
Understand the escalation in conflicts in the Middle East
Iran’s missile attack on Israel on October 1 marked a new stage in the regional conflict in the Middle East. On one side of the war is Israel, with support from the United States. On the other, the Axis of Resistance, which receives financial and military support from Iran and which has a series of paramilitary groups.
There are seven conflict fronts currently open: the Islamic Republic of Iran; Hamas, in the Gaza Strip; Hezbollah, in Lebanon; the Syrian government and the militias operating in the country; the Houthis, in Yemen; Shia groups in Iraq; and different militant organizations in the West Bank.
Israel has soldiers on three of these fronts: Lebanon, the West Bank and the Gaza Strip. In the other four, it carries out aerial bombings.
The Israeli Army began a “limited ground operation” in Lebanon on September 30, days after Israel killed Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah in a bombing of the group’s headquarters in the Beirut suburb.
The Israel Defense Forces say they have killed virtually the entire Hezbollah chain of command in similar bombings carried out in recent weeks.
On September 23, Lebanon had its deadliest day since the 2006 war, with more than 500 fatalities.
At least two Brazilian teenagers died in the attacks. Itamaraty condemned the situation and called for an end to hostilities.
With the increase in hostilities, the Brazilian government announced an operation to repatriate Brazilians in Lebanon.
In the West Bank, the Israeli military is trying to dismantle groups opposed to Israel’s occupation of Palestinian territory.
In the Gaza Strip, Israel seeks to eradicate Hamas, responsible for the October 7 attack that left more than 1,200 people dead, according to information from the Israeli government. The Israeli operation killed more than 40,000 Palestinians, according to the enclave’s Ministry of Health, controlled by Hamas.
Hamas leader Yahya Sinwar was killed by the Israeli Army on October 16, in the city of Rafah.
This content was originally published in Hezbollah rules out negotiations during fighting with Israel on the CNN Brasil website.
Source: CNN Brasil
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