BEIRUT: Lebanese Hezbollah’s head Hassan Nasrallah vowed on Thursday (Aug 1) to answer Israel’s killing of the group’s prime army commander, saying its decades-old foe had “crossed pink traces”.
An Israeli strike on Hezbollah’s stronghold within the southern suburb of Beirut on Tuesday killed prime commander Fuad Shukr, together with an Iranian army advisor and 5 civilians.
It was probably the most critical blow to the Iran-backed group in practically twenty years and threatened to push the tit-for-tat exchanges throughout Lebanon’s southern border in parallel with the Gaza Struggle right into a full-blown regional battle.
Talking in a televised tackle to mark the funeral of the slain commander, Nasrallah stated the battle had entered “a brand new part not like the earlier one” and that Israel had crossed pink traces with its assault on the group’s stronghold.
