Following the Israeli occupation army’s deadly strike on journalists in the southern town of Al-Tiri, Hezbollah MPs condemned the attack as a war crime, warned it would not go unanswered, and urged Lebanon to end all direct negotiations with the Israeli enemy.
Lebanese MP Hasan Fadlallah said the killing of civilians in the southern town of Al-Tiri will not deter the resistance from responding, urging the government to halt direct negotiations with the Israeli occupation entity as cross-border attacks persist.
Fadlallah, a member of the Loyalty to the Resistance bloc, said Israeli assaults on southern border villages are continuing, dismissing claims of the occupation of 55 villages or the establishment of a 10-kilometer buffer zone as “inaccurate.” He noted that conditions vary by area and that resistance fighters remain present near the frontier at certain positions.
He said the attacks include drone strikes, artillery shelling, and direct gunfire, stressing that such actions “will not deter our people from continuing the resistance until the full liberation of their land.”
Fadlallah added that the resistance is exercising its legitimate right to defend the country and its people, rejecting any one-sided ceasefire while Israeli attacks continue without consequence. He said the nature and timing of any response would be determined by the resistance leadership based on battlefield developments.
“Continuous Aggression” and Political Cover
Asserting that Lebanon was facing “ongoing aggression,” Fadlallah said the resistance would not allow the Israeli enemy to impose new red lines, arguing that similar constraints had previously been dismantled through past confrontations, including in 1978, 1982, 1985, and the conflicts leading to the Israeli occupation’s withdrawal in 2000 and the 2006 war.
On the political front, he called on Lebanese authorities to abandon a path of concessions, urging an end to all forms of direct communication with the Israeli occupation entity, which he accused of deliberate killings, destruction, and assassinations.
He said Israeli occupation forces prevented rescue teams from reaching civilians targeted in Tayri and accused Washington of providing political cover that shields the Zionist enemy from accountability.
Fadlallah warned that failing to adopt a decisive national stance to end such contacts would be a “grave mistake,” granting the Israeli enemy unwarranted political legitimacy that masks its actions.
Tayri Incident and Civilian Casualties
Fadlallah said the Israeli enemy had promoted a “completely false narrative” regarding the Tayri incident, affirming it is a “clear war crime” targeting unarmed civilians: journalist Amal Khalil, Bint Jbeil mukhtar Ali Nabil Bazzi, and Mohammad Ayman Hourani.
He said the victims were civilians traveling from Sidon to Tebnine and then to Tayri for a visit near their hometowns, noting that one of them had been accompanied by his children before continuing the journey.
He stressed that targeting them en route to their press sites constitutes a documented crime, rejecting Israeli claims that armed fighters were targeted.
Fadlallah said journalist Amal Khalil was killed while performing her duties, describing her as “a free voice alongside the people and the resistance,” and concluding that Lebanon would remain a country of resistance, freedom, and sovereignty.
Call for International Prosecution
Separately, MP Ibrahim Moussawi, head of the parliamentary Media and Communications Committee, condemned the targeting of journalists in Tayri, saying it did not come as a surprise given the Israeli enemy’s pattern of attacking media workers.
He said the incident resulted in the killing of veteran field reporter Amal Khalil and the serious injury of her colleague Zeinab Faraj, both correspondents for the Lebanese newspaper Al-Akhbar.
Moussawi affirmed that the Israeli occupation entity systematically targets journalists and destroys media offices and equipment to prevent coverage of its actions against civilians in Lebanon and Palestine.
He extended condolences to Khalil’s family and colleagues and called for the swift recovery of Faraj, urging media institutions, humanitarian organizations, and international legal bodies to strongly condemn the attack and pursue the Israeli occupation entity and its leaders in international courts to prevent impunity.
MP Moussawi concluded by expressing confidence that an appropriate response would safeguard Lebanon and its people.
Source: Al-Manar Website