The dictatorial governments of Cuba and Venezuela issued statements on Tuesday condemning the spontaneous explosion of hundreds of pagers in what appeared to be attacks on Hezbollah operatives in Syria and Lebanon.
Hundreds of alleged members of Iran-backed terrorist groups Reported Their pagers exploded simultaneously, injuring them. According to According to Lebanese authorities, eight people were killed and an estimated 2,800 were injured in the incident. Iranian Ambassador to Lebanon Mojtaba Amani was also reportedly wounded in the attack, and a Hezbollah member of the Lebanese parliament was reportedly killed. The attack may have forced Hezbollah to stop using pagers and use other systems that are less efficient and more vulnerable to hacking, potentially disrupting Hezbollah's communications.
The Lebanese government and Hezbollah itself condemned the Israeli attack, but no group or individual has claimed responsibility for the blast. Hezbollah has launched a series of attacks against civilians in northern Israel over the past year. Evacuated More than 60,000 people.
Cuba — U.S.Specified Lebanon, designated a state sponsor of terrorism (SST) for its extensive ties with Hezbollah and other international terrorist groups, condemned Israel's attacks on jihadists in a short message on social media on behalf of the communist Castro regime. He described it as a “cyber attack” and accused Israel of carrying out the attack against Lebanon.
“We condemn the cyber attacks against Lebanon, allegedly carried out by Israel, which have killed nearly 10 people and injured a further 2,800,” the message said.
“These events represent a serious escalation of the Middle East conflict, with grave and unpredictable consequences for the region,” the message concluded.
Similarly, Venezuela's socialist government condemned the attack on Hezbollah in a statement published by Foreign Minister Ivan Gil via his website. telegram “Actions of this kind, which cause violence, casualties and destruction, also create panic and fear among defenseless civilians,” a Venezuelan foreign ministry statement said.
“This attack, carried out with sophisticated methods of fear and intimidation against its citizens, adds to the abhorrent tactics used by hostile governments amid dangerous and escalating political and military tensions in the Middle East,” the statement said.
The socialist regime asserted its “historic position as a promoter of peace and defender of the right to life” and denounced the international community's “silence”, arguing that “it only feeds the vanity of those who wish to unleash a dangerous escalation of violence in the region with unimaginable consequences.”
Both the Cuban and Venezuelan regimes maintain close ties with Iran and its proxy organization, Hezbollah, and are their biggest regional allies. Bolivia The country had not issued an official statement about Tuesday's attack on Shiite jihadists as of press time.
past Report It shows that Venezuelan socialists have granted Cuban-made Venezuelan passports. difficult Venezuelan nationals have acquired expensive For the poor people of the country, for the members of Hezbollah.
The Venezuelan regime is widely believed to have deepened ties with Hezbollah and distributed Venezuelan passports to Hezbollah members. Tarek El AissamiA former protégé of the late dictatorial president Hugo Chavez and with deep ties to Shiite jihadists, El Aissami was a senior official in the socialist government until he was purged along with his close associates by President Nicolas Maduro in early 2023. Maduro accused El Aissami of stealing billions of dollars in oil revenues from the state-run Petroleos de Venezuela (PDVSA) during his time as oil minister from 2020 to 2023.
Christian K. Caruso is a Venezuelan author documenting life under socialism. You can follow him on Twitter. here.
