Iran’s permanent mission to the United Nations warned Thursday that the death of Hamas leader Yahya Sinwarwill be used to “strengthen” the “spirit of resistance” of the Palestinian population against Israel. Meanwhile, the Lebanese Shiite militia Hezbollah announced a “new phase” in clashes with the Jewish state which will be revealed in the coming days.
“As long as occupation and aggression exist, resistance will continue, because the martyr is still alive and is a source of inspiration”, said the diplomatic representation of Tehran in a message published on its official X account. The Iranian mission stressed that when Muslims see Sinwar “standing on the battlefieldin combat gear and outdoors, unhidden, facing the enemy”, his “spirit of resistance” will be “reinforced”.
“He will become a role model for young people and children. who will continue their path towards the liberation of Palestine”, underlines the message. Sinwar’s death occurred this Thursday during an Israeli military operation in the Rafah region, in the south of the Gaza Strip.
For its part, Hezbollah speaks of “a new phase of escalation in the confrontation with the Israeli enemy”, a few hours after announcing the death of the Hamas leader, while it indicated that for the first time it used precision guided missilesn their attacks on the Israeli army. “Based on the directives of the leadership of the resistance, the Operations Room of the Islamic Resistance announces the transition to a new phase of escalation in the confrontation with the Israeli enemy.which will be discussed during the events of the coming days“, we read in a press release collected by the Lebanese television channel Al Manar, linked to the group.
Hezbollah noted that “continues to face Israeli aggression against Lebanon”, noting that Israel “has suffered heavy losses” in his team and in his ranks, both on the front line and “in his installations deep in” his territory, in reference to the attack which left four soldiers dead against a military base in Binyamina, between Haifa and Tel Aviv.
Clashes on the ground are increasing
In this sense, he declared that since the beginning of the invasion, Israel has deployed five divisions, comprising more than 70,000 soldiers, and hundreds of tanks and vehicles, but he assured that “hundreds of fighters” were “fully prepared and ready to face any Israeli ground incursion into the cities of southern Lebanon.”
“The beginning of this week witnessed an escalation in the pace of heroic clashes carried out by the Mujahideen of the Resistance with the enemy military,” reads the document, which indicates that its militiamen were involved in ” violent clashes with the military. enemy at zero distance”, which would have left a dozen dead and 150 wounded in Israeli ranks. They also claimed to have destroyed nine Merkava tanks and four military excavators.
Aside from the on-field clashes, he said he was “gradually increasing day by day“missile attacks both on the border and elsewhere in Israel, including on its military bases “with various missiles, including precision missiles which are being used for the first time”, and with drones, “in addition to reconnaissance and information gathering missions.
