Hezbollah Vows to Continue Operations in ‘Support of Gaza’ Despite Pagers Attack
In the wake of a deadly wave of exploding pagers that killed nine and injured thousands, Lebanon’s Hezbollah has pledged to continue its “blessed operations to support Gaza,” The Guardian reports.
“This path is ongoing and separate from the difficult reckoning that the criminal enemy must await for its massacre on Tuesday,” the group said in a statement issued on Telegram early Wednesday morning.
The explosions, which occurred across Lebanon on Tuesday, targeted hundreds of pagers used by Hezbollah members. The group has pinned the blame for the blasts on Israel, though the Israeli military has not yet commented on the incident.
The pager explosions came just hours after Israel announced it was broadening the aims of the war against Hamas to include its fight against Hezbollah along the country’s border with Lebanon. The group has long been a key ally and supporter of Hamas and other Palestinian militant organizations.
