Unidentified hackers on Sunday posted messages in Arabic and English on flight information screens at Beirut's Rafik Hariri International Airport condemning the Shiite terrorist organization Hezbollah and warning that Lebanese people will not support a war against Israel. .
The message, addressed to Hezbollah's top commander Hassan Nasrallah, threatened “unrestricted” war against Israel in support of the Sunni terrorist organization Hamas, which launched its own terrorist attacks against Israel on January 3. This appears to be a reaction to the terrorist leader's speech. October 7th. Hamas terrorists invaded the country that day and committed mass murders, gang rapes, torture, kidnappings, and infanticide, killing 1,200 people, taking approximately 250 prisoners, and displacing thousands. Hezbollah, along with its Iranian patrons and several other regional jihadist groups, celebrated Hamas's terrorist siege as an honorable act of “resistance” against the Jewish presence in the Middle East. Iran held state-sponsored street parties to celebrate the genocide of Jews.
The hackers posted messages declaring that the Lebanese people do not support the war against Israel and would not take part in it, and expressed hope that the airport and Lebanon would be “freed” from Hezbollah's influence. . He also suggested that Hezbollah was responsible for the devastating explosion in Beirut in 2020 that left much of the city's port in ruins and displaced thousands of people.
“In the name of God and the people, Rafik Hariri Airport is not a Hezbollah or Iranian airport,” the message in English said, according to the report. photograph Flight information screen taken at the airport on Sunday. “Oh, Hassan Nasrallah, if Lebanon goes to war, you will not find any supporters. Hezbollah, you will bear your responsibility and its consequences.”
“We are not going to fight for anyone. You bombed our ports and now you want to bomb our airports for bringing in weapons. State control of our airports. Let us free you,” the message concludes.
Translation of on-screen Arabic messages by UAE newspapers The National It interpreted “state” to mean “state,” a government under the de facto control of Hezbollah. Hezbollah has great political influence in the country, which has led to a very unstable leader in the prime minister's position. Vacant He will become president from October 2022.
The reference to the port appears to blame Hezbollah for the devastating explosion in Beirut in 2020. The blast reduced an entire city block to rubble, displacing an estimated 80,000 children and leaving hundreds of thousands homeless, according to UNICEF. The explosion caused $15 billion in damage, according to then-President Michel Aoun.
Initial investigations revealed that the explosion was caused by the detonation of 2,750 tonnes of ammonium nitrate, a highly flammable chemical that had been stored in hazardous conditions at the port for many years. Although the investigation did not reveal the name of the owner of the ammonium nitrate, numerous reports suggest that Hezbollah was storing the chemical for use in future terrorist attacks. In his past public statements, Prime Minister Nasrallah has privately threatened to level Israel with ammonium nitrate.
A message posted at Hariri Airport on Sunday featured a logo typically used by a group known as the Christian anti-Hezbollah organization Soldiers of God. However, the group Already used Official social media accounts denied carrying out the airport hack. Associated Press report The message also included the logo of a “little-known group calling itself The One Who Spoke,” which did not deny involvement in the hack. No information about the group is provided.
Hezbollah leader Nasrallah has spent much of the three months since October 7 under pressure from jihadist groups and their backers within Iran to increase involvement in terrorist operations against Israel, and from domestic He has spent much of his time balancing the concerns of the Lebanese people, who fear war, and the hatred of the Lebanese people. He is at direct war with Israel and is more interested in establishing a functioning government than in making war with other countries. Since at least 2019, Lebanese people have taken to the streets to protest against their government and the poor state of the country's economy. In 2023, protests turned into heist operations, with people setting banks on fire, breaking into banks, and “robbing” banks. My money was withdrawn from my account after the bank froze my assets.
Lebanese protesters, furious at not being able to access their savings, set a Beirut bank on fire.The value of the Lebanese pound has fallen by more than 98% since 2019 due to the country's financial crisis https://t.co/KFjiTHcXDD pic.twitter.com/sFvtu9gUJR
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During Hassan Nasrallah's first government, domestic concerns appeared to trump the need to maintain Hezbollah's jihadist influence. remarks On October 7, and in November, he emphasized that Hezbollah played no role in attacks on Hamas and did not commit to concrete actions to support Hamas. The speech was met with relief in Lebanon but derision in many of the region's jihadist-supporting communities.
Prime Minister Nasrallah significantly upped his threats against Israel on Wednesday, the anniversary of the 2020 US airstrike against Iranian terror mastermind Qasem Soleimani.
“If our enemies want to wage war against Lebanon, there are no limits, no limits, no rules to our fight. And they know what I mean,” Nasrallah said in his speech. reportedly mentioned Israel.
“We are not afraid of war. We are not afraid of it. We will not hesitate. If it were, we would have stopped at the front,” he claimed.
Reportedly, Israel excluded Reuters reported on Monday that the man was identified as Wissam al-Tawil, a senior Hezbollah commander and leader of Hezbollah's elite terrorist operations unit Radwan. Israeli military operations reportedly targeted Lebanese village leaders in retaliation. tried Hezbollah attacked Israel in the aftermath of October 7th.
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