Hezbollah’s Islamic Relations Official, Sheikh Abdul Majeed Ammar, issued on Tuesday a statement that strongly condemned the treacherous and cowardly Israeli enemy’s crime of assassinating a senior commander in the Islamic Group in Lebanon (Al-Jama’a Al-Islamiyya) Sheikh Hussein Atwi.

This crime comes in the context of the enemy’s continued arrogance and violation of Lebanese sovereignty, and its attempt to undermine the resistance, regardless of its affiliations, according to the statement which added that this affirms the unity of the resistance project against the common enemy.

Sheikh Ammar offered, on behalf of Hezbollah the deepest condolences and warmest congratulations to Al-Jama’a Al-Islamiyya and to the martyr’s family, asking God Almighty to bestow His mercy upon the martyr, along with the martyrs and the righteous ones.

“The enemy’s persistence in its crimes, under blatant American cover and encouragement, is the result of the inaction of the states sponsoring the ceasefire agreement and the international community’s failure to fulfill its responsibilities,” the statement added, “This only encourages the enemy to continue its brutal rampage without any deterrent.”

This ongoing aggression, which was repeated this afternoon in the southern town of Hanniyeh, resulting in one martyr and several wounded, requires the Lebanese state to assume its full national responsibilities and abandon the position of the helpless spectator, Sheikh Ammar noted.

Hezbollah official maintained that the Lebanese government must not be satisfied with ineffective condemnatory statements that have failed to deter the enemy, adding: “It must take effective, serious, and urgent steps at all levels and by all available means.”

Source: Al-Manar English Website