The American ambassador warned to Türkiye and the special envoy to Syria Thomas Barak From Beirut today, Thursday, from entering Hezbollah Supported by Tehran in the Iran -Israeli war will be “a very bad decision.”
Barak is making a visit to Beirut, his first to this country, at a time when the unprecedented war between Iran and Israel entered its seventh day.
While Hezbollah denounced the Israeli strikes on Tehran the day after the outbreak of the confrontation between the two parties last week, it did not announce its willingness to enter it after a bloody war it fought with Israel that ended with a ceasefire on November 27 last and the agreement witnessed repeated violations by Tel Aviv.
In response to a question about the possibility of the party’s intervention in the war, Barak told reporters after his meeting with the Lebanese Parliament Speaker Nabih Berri “I can speak on the name of President (Donald) TrumpWhich was very clear, as well as the Steve Special Envoy (Steve) And Wikfouf That will be a very, very, very bad decision. “
Hezbollah was an essential element in what is known as “Resistance“It is led by Tehran, and Israel says it has weakened the party during its recent confrontation with it.
The party said in a statement last Friday, that is, on the same day that the confrontation between Iran and Israel began, that the Israeli strikes constitute a “dangerous escalation in the path of Zionist escape from all controls and bases with the full cover and care of American.”
For its part, the Lebanese Foreign Ministry announced that it was “continuing its contacts to spare Lebanon any negative repercussions of this aggression.”
In addition to the Speaker of Parliament Nabih Berri, Barak met the President of the Republic Joseph Aoun He confirmed, according to a statement issued by the presidential office, that “the communications exist to achieve the principle of exclusive weapons at the Lebanese and Palestinian levels and will intensify after the stability of the troubled situation in the region as a result of the intensification of the Israeli-Iranian conflict.”
“We are committed to providing assistance … What we all have is the hope that the chaos will calm down soon and that the signs of peace and prosperity will emerge from this stage,” Barak told reporters.
Fragile agreement
Months after the ceasefire, Israel continues to carry out air strikes on several Lebanese regions, including Southern suburb Beirut, the main stronghold of Hezbollah, stresses that it will not allow the party to rebuild its capabilities after the war in October 2023 in support of the Palestinian resistance in Gaza.
Two people were killed by an Israeli raid in the town of Kafrjuz in southern Lebanon on Wednesday night, and another was injured in a raid on the town of Parish on Wednesday, according to the Ministry of Health, while Israel said it had targeted two Hezbollah elements.
The ceasefire agreement stipulated the withdrawal of Hezbollah fighters from the southern region Litani River (A distance UNIFIL Their spread near the border with Israel, and the latter withdrew its forces from the lands that penetrated it during the conflict.
Lebanon calls on the international community to pressure Israel to stop its attacks and withdraw from five highlands where it is still conducted inside its territory.