Saleh al-Arouri, Hamas's deputy political director and founder of the group's military wing, was reportedly killed in an Israeli drone strike on the southern outskirts of Beirut on Tuesday.
by jerusalem post office, Arouri was among at least five people killed in the drone attack. At a meeting of Islamic regime ministers on Wednesday, Iran's Mohammad Reza Ashtiani claimed that the United States was “disturbing the regional balance” in the Middle East.
“These actions in the region will show unity in opposition to U.S. policy,” he said. “The effects of this fear will be felt by people.” [the US]. ”
every European Council on Foreign RelationsAllouri was born in the West Bank town of Allouri in 1966 and has been a member of Hamas' political bureau since 2010, serving as vice-chairman since October 2017. Although he was based in Lebanon, Allouri is believed to be the leader of the group in the West Bank and has close ties to the Izz al-Din al-Qassam Brigades, the military wing of Hamas. Ta.
Mr. Allouri led a series of settlement negotiations with Fatah on behalf of Hamas, and in 2011 negotiated the release of captured Israeli soldier Gilad Shalit in exchange for 1,027 Palestinian prisoners held in Israeli prisons. is said to have contributed.
Allouri joined Hamas in 1987, leading the Islamic student movement and establishing Hamas' military wing in the West Bank. Israel had previously detained him for several periods, including from 1985 to 1992 and from 1992 to 2007. In 2010, Israel expelled him from Israel to Syria, where he lived for three years before moving to Turkey and then to Lebanon.
Following Allouri's death, Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps (IRGC) warned Israel and the United States about an increase in Palestinian terrorism in the West Bank.
“The brutal actions of the Zionist regime in the drone attack on southern Beirut violated Lebanon's territorial sovereignty and led to the martyrdom of Saleh al-Arouri…a continuation of the madness,” a statement by the Revolutionary Guards said. Stated. The desire for brutality and warmongering is the evil strategy of the Zionists, supported by the terrorist regime of the United States. ”
The IGRC further asserted that Palestinian terrorists “will enter the arena of jihad with greater determination in all parts of the land, especially in the West Bank.”
Iranian Foreign Minister Hossein Amir Abdullahian, in a post on X on Wednesday morning, called Arouri's killing “an act of terrorism that proves that Israel is not achieving its goals in the Gaza Strip despite US support.” It was considered.
Iranian Foreign Minister Hossein Amir Abdullahian: 🇮🇷 #Iran
“The murder of Saleh al-Arouri was an act of terrorism that proves that Israel is not achieving its goals in the Gaza Strip despite American support.” pic.twitter.com/SisxUssfWh
— World at War (@World_At_War_6) January 3, 2024
It added: “Such a dastardly terrorist operation, despite direct support from the White House, comes after weeks of war crimes, genocide and destruction in Gaza and the Palestinian West Bank, with no guarantee that the Zionist regime will achieve any of its goals.” I'm proving that I didn't.”
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