Hamas says deputy leader killed in an explosion in Beirut, Lebanon

Now Hamas says its Deputy leader Sal Al aruri has been killed in an explosion in the Lebanese Capital Beirut he was a founder of the military wing of Hamas and headed the group’s West Bank operations Lebanon State News Agency says he was one of several people

Killed in an Israeli drone strike on a Hamas Office South of Beirut the area is a stronghold of the group’s Lebanese Ally Hezbollah whose leader has vowed to retaliate against any is Israeli targeting of Palestinian officials in Lebanon the country’s caretaker prime minister condemned the strike as a new

Israeli crime aimed at dragging Lebanon into war more joining me from Beirut is Marram rabber who’s an assistant professor of history at the American University of Beirut M rabba how big a blow is this to Hamas well it’s certainly a very big uh military and moral blow because at the

End of the day Hamas was wagering on the fact that uh Israel will not commit such a strike especially that they have always been uh betting on the fact that hisbah would retaliate I think that after October 7 all these red lines have been removed and I think that the Israeli uh War

Cabinet at the moment is only looking at people as potential military targets and the political decision to uh to eliminate aruri is only just the tip of the iceberg because if we follow what was happening the last two weeks more than 15 high ranking military members of the of the rushi Guard have

Been targeted in Syria amongst them is the top chief of Syria R al-musawi and I think what we are witnessing now is a new stage in the conflict between uh between Iran and and Israel well um Israel hasn’t accepted responsibility I mean netanyahu’s adviser Mark regev has

For example said whoever did it it must be clear this was not an attack on the Lebanese state nevertheless how big a risk is there do you think of retaliation now from Hezbollah I think re gave Hezbollah a way out because simply from the beginning of the

Conflict Hassan n SEC general of hisbah has been saying that we don’t want an open conflict and that the Palestinians don’t really need us yes this might be true but at the end of the day this has been a targeted hit in the heart of hisbah controlled Lebanon and I think

That nasah cannot only say and could not brush this under the table and say that aruri has become another Mort I think that uh the the timing of the strike on the fourth anniversary of the killing of kasim suani is just another indication that Israel doesn’t really care about

American uh politics in the region what we are witnessing now is a fullscale open confrontation and that whatever happens down the road will not be dictated what the White House wants there’s the kind of wishful thinking that Israel would not declare an open War and would not invade Lebanon what we

See with the targeting of arui that all options are on the table but if this does lead to a sort of wider escalation of the war now could this moment be seen as a misjudgment by Israel do you think well I think at the end of the day

All all everything is possible but the Netanyahu government or any government that might replace Netanyahu is well aware that it’s an oper confront that will not end until these key figures be it Muhammad or or arri are eliminated and talking about all of these risk are all what we call calculated risks the

Killing of arui unfortunately is not unprovoked meaning that arui himself has always portrayed himself as a military man and now his Target his targeting in Lebanon is another reminder that Lebanon sovereignty is non-existent and that Iran can control access in and out of Lebanon and that Hamas and its fellow Travelers are

Using Lebanon as just another launching path just briefly and finally do you think we’re going to look back on this moment as a sort of crucial turning point in the war I think that uh everything after October 7 is no longer important what happened in October 7 has changed it is

That the fall of the Berlin wall so to speak historically and everything that will unfold down the road unfortunately will include more Bloodshed and more Destruction for the people of the region makaram Raba thank you very much for joining us

Hamas says its deputy leader Saleh al-Arouri has been killed in an explosion in the Lebanese capital, Beirut.

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Makram Rabah, is an assistant professor of history at the American University of Beirut.
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  9. An Islamic fatwa has condemned the Hamas regime in the Gaza Strip. “Hamas treats millions of Palestinians in the Gaza Strip inhumanely. Islam forbids supporting Hamas, joining Hamas and praying for Hamas!” This is an unprecedented ruling against Hamas by one of the most important institutions in the Muslim world. The Islamic Fatwa Council, a non-governmental organization of Shia, Sunni and other Muslim clergy based in the city of Najaf, Iraq, recently issued an Islamic ruling, called a fatwa, against the brutal Hamas regime in the Gaza Strip. The members of the Islamic Fatwa Council called on Hamas to lay down their arms and finally make peace. The fatwa sees the Hamas regime as responsible for the suffering of the Palestinians in the Gaza Strip. “Hamas bears responsibility for the corruption and terror against Palestinian citizens in the Gaza Strip. It is forbidden to pray, join, support, finance or fight for Hamas on behalf of Hamas.” A fatwa is a legal ruling issued by a Muslim authority upon request for the purpose of promoting a religious imperative or to resolve a legal problem that has arisen among adherents of Islam.

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  13. The Thirteenth Tribe is a 1976 book by Arthur Koestler, in which the author advances the thesis that Ashkenazi Jews are not descended from the historical Israelites of antiquity, but from Khazars, a Turkic people.

  15. Israel does not learn the lessons of many leaders it has assassinated since the 1980s, and a generation of leaders has emerged stronger, stronger, and more determined to fight them until the end. Every child who lost his family and is left alone is the project of a stronger and stronger leader.

  17. Why do white media call a terrorist attack by Israel in sovereign country a blast but any attacks by brown and black is labelled a terrorist attack.

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  19. “And never think of those who have been killed in the cause of Allah as dead. Rather, they are alive with their Lord, receiving provision,
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    Those to whom hypocrites said, "Indeed, the people have gathered against you, so fear them." But it [merely] increased them in faith, and they said, "Sufficient for us is Allah , and [He is] the best Disposer of affairs."(Quran 3:169-173)

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  20. In 2006, Shlomo Sand's The Invention of the Jewish People stirred up controversy over its claim that most modern day Jews do not share an "unbroken genealogy," and are the descendants of Khazar converts to Judaism who originated from the Caucasus region.

  22. In 2006, Shlomo Sand's The Invention of the Jewish People stirred up controversy over its claim that most modern day Jews do not share an "unbroken genealogy," and are the descendants of Khazar converts to Judaism who originated from the Caucasus region.

  23. All this is ultimately futile. Yes, you can get rid of those who currently loathe you, but you can’t get rid of the ideas that motivated these individuals in the first place and these will just be passed like a baton to the next generation. The amount of bad karmic seeds Israel has sown these past 3 months will torment it for decades to come. As Isaac Asimov said: I remember how it was in 1948 when Israel was being established and all my Jewish friends were ecstatic, I was not. I said: what are we doing? We are establishing ourselves in a ghetto, in a small corner of a vast Muslim sea. The Muslims will never forget nor forgive, and Israel, as long as it exists, will be embattled.

  27. Hamas is over and absolutely screwed. Right next to Nasrallah's office. The Israelis are making Hezbollah look like fools. Already 200 Hezbollah fighters dead.

  30. Israel did advise all Hamas leaders wherever they are, that they are dead men walking. Learn how to make peace with your neighbours. You know it makes sense.

  31. Why is he in Lebanon and not in Gaza with his people? Cowards!!!! They start a fight and run to Lebanon 😅

  32. Is it me, or has anyone else noticed that the so-called "Senior Leadership" of these cowards don't live in Gaza?

  35. Ceasefire now end occupation, Israel is a terrorist state and an apartheid state much like South Africa was, the downfall is imminent, for 75 years Palestinians have lived under a brutal israeli occupation check the history and that fact doesn’t get coverage

  36. Just a quick reminder, Lebanon was not too long a go a Christian majority country, considered the Paris of the middle east, then it started allowing in Muslim "refugees", it is now a Muslim majority shithole. Ironically Paris is now starting to look like the Lebanon of Europe, for much the same reason.

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