Israeli aggression on Lebanon proceeds as a Zionist drone strike killed a senior leader of Lebanon’s Jamaa Islamiya group in the country’s east.
Lebanon’s National News Agency (NNA) reported on Thursday that Mahmoud Mohammad Jbara, a senior leader in the Jamaa Islamiya group, was martyred in an Israeli drone strike on his car in the Western Bekaa area in eastern Lebanon.
نبارك للجماعة الإسلاميّة بإستشهاد القيادي #أبو_محمود_جبارة على طريق القدس جراء استهداف سيارته في #البقاع من #مسيرة إسرائيلية. pic.twitter.com/1lbe20YRg1
— جهة مسؤولة (@El__khiyami) July 18, 2024
The group mourned Jbara, blaming the Israeli enemy over the strike.
الجماعة الإسلامية تزف القائد محمد حامد جبارة (أبو محمود) شهيداً
رحمه الله تعالى وأسكنه في علّيّين 💚🔻#الجماعة_الإسلامية #قوات_الفجر #جنوب_لبنان #حماس #القسام #صيدا #لبنان pic.twitter.com/jQXLEy32Ki— الجماعة الإسلامية _ صيدا (@jamaa_saida) July 18, 2024
“This coward crime won’t discourage us from performing the duty to defend the land and people of south Lebanon as well as to support the people of Palestine,” the Jamaa Islamiya said in a statement.
Additionally, Hamas’ Qassam Brigades mourned Jbara as saying: “With the utmost pride, honor, and confidence in the near victory, we announce the martyrdom of our heroic martyr, Mohammad Hamed Jbara.”
The Israeli aggression follows a recent warning from Hezbollah Secretary General Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah, who vowed on Wednesday to strike new Israeli settlements if the Zionist enemy continues to target civilians in Lebanon.
Source: Lebanese media and Al-Manar Website
