Israel Conducts An Illegal Airstrike In Beirut!

Saleh al-Arouri was killed in an Israeli drone strike in Beirut, Lebanon. The country and many others condemn it and warn that retaliation is happening.

What would happen if Syria, Lebanon and Yemen decided to use indiscriminate force on Tel Aviv or Jerusalem?

I mean, folks living in Tel Aviv or Jerusalem are acting like nothing is ever going to happen to them.

Posting their privileged lifes, partying in clubs, sunbathing at beaches, mocking Palestinians, feeling comfortable in a country they stole from its rightful inhabitants.

Americans, Europeans and some Africans who identify as Jewish have a right to live in Israel whereas those who are Muslim, Christian or other religion are scrutinized and shunned.

Israel continues to thumb its nose at the United States. They are rooting for Donald J. Trump to return to power. They vow to continue this genocide regardless of what anyone says.

The Arab League does not view Hamas as a terrorist group. Turkey and Iran warned Israel that airstrikes or targeted killings will result in retaliation.

Lebanon vows revenge after Israel conducted an airstrike by drone on a senior Hamas official inside a commercial building in downtown Beirut.

Saleh al-Arouri was killed in an indiscriminate drone strike. He was a senior leader of Hamas, and a founding commander of its military wing, the Izz ad-Din al-Qassam Brigades. He was also said to be the deputy chairman of Hamas's political bureau, and Hamas's military commander of the West Bank, although he lived in Lebanon at the time of his death.

Al-Arouri was described as "a capable, charismatic, suspicious, and shrewd operator, with excellent connections". The government of the United States accused al-Arouri of having been, "a high-ranking Hamas military leader dating back to his role as a Hamas student cell leader at Hebron University in the early 1990s." He also served as a recruiter, and was actively involved in raising and transferring funds on behalf of Hamas. The US had put a $5 million bounty on his head. He was killed during the 2023 Israel–Hamas war by an Israeli airstrike.

Think if Russia did this act in Ukraine... The U.S. and European Union would condemn it. But since it's in Lebanon and done by Israel, not a word.

Lebanon's National News Agency (NNA) said: "'Four people were martyred and a number of others injured when the Hamas office was targeted."

Al-Arouri was a founding member of the Izz ad-Din al-Qassam Brigades, Hamas's military wing that Israel has been fighting in the Gaza Strip since the group launched a brutal terrorist attack on October 7 that killed around 1,200 Israelis.

Previously, Israel has warned Hezbollah - an Iranian-backed group that supports Hamas - that the IDF could strike in Lebanon.

In November, Israel's minister for defence Yoav Gallant warned Hezbollah's secretary general, Hassan Nasrallah: "If you hear that we have attacked Beirut, you will understand that Nasrallah has crossed that line."

Prime Minister Najib Mikati issued a statement late Tuesday condemning an explosion in the southern suburbs of the capital Beirut, calling it a "new Israeli crime." 

The Palestinian resistance group Hamas confirmed the assassination of its deputy chief Saleh Arouri in the blast.

Hamas said two commanders of its armed wing, the Al-Qassam Brigades, were also killed.

Lebanon’s official National News Agency earlier reported that Arouri was killed in an Israeli drone strike on a Hamas office in Mecherfeh in southern Beirut. At least six people were killed in the attack.

"This explosion aims to usher Lebanon into a new phase of confrontations following the daily ongoing attacks in the south, which result in a significant number of martyrs and injuries," he added.

“Lebanon is committed to the resolutions of international legitimacy, especially (UN) Resolution 1701,'' he said.

“However, it is Israel that has breached and surpassed the resolution, as it remains unsatisfied with the level of death and destruction. It is evident to all that the decision of war rests in Israel's hands, and it is imperative to restrain and halt its aggression,'' Mikati said.

In this respect, Lebanon intends to file an urgent complaint with the UN Security Council against Israel in light of the attack, the Prime Minister’s Office said in a statement.

Lebanon has previously lodged several complaints against Israel in the Security Council, including cases related to targeting journalists in southern Lebanon and the occupying border towns.