Hezbollah vows to launch a new phase of fighting against Israel – National

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Hezbollah vows to launch a new phase of fighting against ******* – National

The Lebanese militant group Hezbollah vowed to launch a new phase of fighting against invading ******** troops Friday, a day after ******* said its forces in the ************ enclave of Gaza had ******* ****** leader Yahya Sinwar, the chief architect of last year’s brutal ******* on ******* that sparked the current conflict

Sinwar’s ******** in what appeared to be a chance frontline encounter with ******** troops offers a potential window to shift the dynamic in the Gaza conflict even as ******* presses its offensive against Hezbollah along its northern border with Lebanon and continues its aerial bombardment in other areas of Lebanon. Both ****** and Hezbollah are backed by Iran, which hailed Sinwar as a martyr who can inspire others in challenging *******.

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******* has pledged to ******** ****** politically in Gaza, and ******** Sinwar was a top military priority.

****** has not yet commented directly on the ******** announcement, but photos which were apparently taken by ******** troops on the scene showed the body of a man who appeared to be Sinwar half-******* in rubble with a gaping wound in his head.

A statement issued by one of ******’ political leaders abroad Friday seemed to be a reference to Sinwar’s ****** and said ******* is mistaken if it “believes that ******** our leaders means the end of our movement and the struggle of the ************ people.”

****** political bureau member Bassem Naim, who is usually based in Qatar, said that past leaders in the organization had also been ******* and “****** each time became stronger and more popular, and these leaders became an icon for future generations to continue the journey towards a free Palestine.”

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****** leader Yahya Sinwar, Oct. 7 architect, ******* in Gaza: *******

He added that it is “painful and distressing to lose beloved people, especially extraordinary leaders” but that the ************ militant group is sure it will be “eventually victorious.”

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When asked if the statement was a confirmation of Sinwar’s ******, however, Naim said it was not.

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******** Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said in a speech announcing the ******** Thursday night that “our war is not yet ended.” But many, from the governments of *******’s allies to exhausted residents of Gaza, expressed hope that Sinwar’s ****** would pave the way for an end to the war.

Iran’s mission to the ******* Nations issued a statement honoring Sinwar, emphasizing that he ***** on the battlefield and not in hiding, unlike the Iraqi leader Saddam Hussein, who was hanged in 2006.

“When U.S. forces dragged a disheveled Saddam Hussein out of an underground *****, he begged them not to ***** him despite being armed. Those who regarded Saddam as their model of resistance eventually collapsed,” the statement said. “However when Muslims look up to martyr Sinwar standing on the battlefield — in combat attire and out in the open, not in a hideout, facing the ****** — the spirit of resistance will be strengthened.”

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More than 1 million people on both sides were ******* during the brutal Iran-Iraq war in the 1980s that began when Hussein launched an invasion of Iran.

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In Lebanon, Hezbollah issued a statement early Friday saying its fighters have used new types of precision-guided missiles and explosive drones against ******* for the first time in recent days.

The statement appeared to refer to an explosives-laden drone that evaded *******’s multilayered air-defense system and slammed into a mess hall at a military training camp deep inside ******* last Sunday night, ******** four soldiers and wounding dozens.

The group also announced earlier this week that it fired a new type of missile called Qader 2 toward the suburbs of Tel Aviv.

Hezbollah said its fighters were working according to “plans prepared in advance” to battle invading ******** troops in several parts of south Lebanon. It also announced several missile and artillery attacks on ******** forces operating in villages in southern Lebanon’s border area overnight and Friday morning.

In one case, the group said it fired a heavy missile barrage at ******** soldiers who were trying to evacuate those wounded in an earlier strike. The group also said it had fired “large missile salvos” at a military barracks in the ********-annexed Golan Heights and at the Zvulun area north of Haifa.

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*******-Hezbollah: UN warns of ‘lost generation’ as over 400k children displaced in Lebanon

Earlier this week, Hezbollah’s acting leader Naim Kassem warned that the group will continue to target wider areas of ******* unless a cease-***** is implemented in Lebanon.

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As ******* fought militants in Lebanon and in Gaza, its military said Friday that its forces had ******* two militants who crossed into ******** territory south of the ***** Sea from neighboring Jordan.

Such infiltrations are relatively rare, especially as ******* has ramped up border security since the ****** ******* in October 2023.

On Oct. 7, 2023, ******-led militants blew holes in *******’s security fence and stormed in, ******** some 1,200 people, mostly civilians, and abducting another 250. *******’s offensive in Gaza has ******* over 42,000 Palestinians, according to local health authorities, who do not distinguish combatants from civilians. The conflict has destroyed vast swathes of Gaza and displaced about 90% of its population of 2.3 million people.

Abby Sewell and Bassem Mroue in Beirut contributed

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