Ansarullah Condemns Israeli Offensive on Lebanon, Blames U.S. Support for Continued Aggression

On Sep 24, 2024

The spokesperson for Ansarullah, Mohammed Abdulsalam, issued a statement strongly condemning the Israeli offensive on Lebanon. He criticized the continued Israeli crimes, attributing them to the backing of the United States.

“The continuous Zionist crimes would not have been possible without American cover,” Abdulsalam said, referencing Washington’s ongoing support in supplying Israel with military tools used in the aggression.

Abdulsalam reaffirmed Yemen’s support for Lebanon and praised the nation’s resistance movement, Hezbollah, for its steadfast defense. He called on Arab and Islamic nations to break their silence and take a firm stance against the aggression.

“We call on the Arab and Islamic world to unite, support the Palestinian cause, and stand by resistance movements in both Palestine and Lebanon,” he said, urging for collective action to confront Israeli aggression and defend the interests of the Arab and Islamic nations.

The Israeli regime’s warplanes have conducted extensive airstrikes against towns and villages across Lebanon, killing at least 274 people.

Lebanon’s health minister Firass Abiad announced the death toll on Monday, saying martyrs included 21 children, 39 women and two medics.

Earlier, the country’s health ministry said at least 1024 others had also been wounded in the attacks that targeted the areas earlier in the day.

The casualties included “children, women, and emergency workers,” it added, noting that the numbers were provisional.

The country’s media outlets said the aircraft had bombed all the towns and villages lying on the southern border as well as their surroundings.

Israeli warplanes also reportedly targeted eastern Lebanese areas, including the Bekaa Valley.

Lebanese sources said the airstrikes had targeted a total of more than 40 areas in Lebanon during the attacks.

Israeli media outlets, meanwhile, alleged that the attacks had hit locations lying as far as 125 kilometers (77 miles) inside the Lebanese territory.

Israeli military spokesman Danieh Hagari said the regime “will engage in [more] extensive and precise strikes” against Lebanon, adding that the attacks would “go on for the near future.”

The regime has markedly intensified its attacks against the country since October 7, when it launched a genocidal war on the Gaza Strip.

Lebanon’s Hezbollah resistance movement has responded with numerous strikes against the occupied Palestinian territories as means of both retaliating against the regime and displaying support for the war-hit Gazans.