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Hezbollah Official Says Response to Top Commander’s Killing was 'Delayed by Political Considerations'

Tyre, Lebanon August 25, 2024. REUTERS/Aziz Taher Purchase Licensing Rights
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Hezbollah Official Says Response to Top Commander’s Killing was 'Delayed by Political Considerations'

Tyre, Lebanon August 25, 2024. REUTERS/Aziz Taher Purchase Licensing Rights
Tyre, Lebanon August 25, 2024. REUTERS/Aziz Taher Purchase Licensing Rights

A Hezbollah official said on Sunday that the group's rocket and drone attack against Israel on Sunday in retaliation for a top commander's killing last month had been delayed by "political considerations," chiefly among them the ongoing talks on a ceasefire and hostage release deal for the Gaza Strip, Reuters reported.

The official, in written comments shared with media outlets, said the group had "worked" to make sure its response to the killing of Fuad Shukr on July 30 would not trigger a full-scale war.

Also on Sunday, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said that Israel took pre-emptive action against Hezbollah in Lebanon and that all drones launched against a strategic target in central Israel were intercepted.
He said that the leaders of Hezbollah and Iran should know that the response was "another step towards changing the situation in the north and returning our residents safely to their homes" and that "this is not the end of the story".

 

 

 

 

 

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Egypt Warns Visiting US General on Lebanon Risk

US Air Force General C.Q. Brown, Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, is greeted upon arrival in Cairo, Egypt, August 25, 2024. REUTERS/Phil Stewart Purchase Licensing Rights
US Air Force General C.Q. Brown, Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, is greeted upon arrival in Cairo, Egypt, August 25, 2024. REUTERS/Phil Stewart Purchase Licensing Rights
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Egypt Warns Visiting US General on Lebanon Risk

US Air Force General C.Q. Brown, Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, is greeted upon arrival in Cairo, Egypt, August 25, 2024. REUTERS/Phil Stewart Purchase Licensing Rights
US Air Force General C.Q. Brown, Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, is greeted upon arrival in Cairo, Egypt, August 25, 2024. REUTERS/Phil Stewart Purchase Licensing Rights

Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi warned America's top general during a meeting on Sunday of the dangers of a major conflict in Lebanon.

US Air Force General C.Q. Brown, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, arrived in Egypt hours after a significant missile exchange between Israel and Lebanese Hezbollah.

Hezbollah launched hundreds of rockets and drones at Israel and Israel said it struck Lebanon with about 100 jets to thwart a bigger attack, in one of the largest clashes in more than 10 months of border warfare.

In a statement, Sisi's office said the Egyptian leader told Brown that the international community needed to "exert all efforts and intensify pressures to defuse tension and stop the state of escalation that threatens the security and stability of the entire region."

"(Sisi warned) in this regard of the dangers of opening a new front in Lebanon, and stressing the need to preserve Lebanon's stability and sovereignty," the statement read, Reuters reported.

Brown did not make public remarks during his visit, on which he also met the defence minister and the country's chief of defense.

In remarks to Reuters prior to arriving in the region on Saturday, Brown said he aimed to discuss ways to avoid any new escalation in tensions that could spiral into a broader conflict.

Brown’s spokesperson said the US general discussed ways "to deter the conflict from broadening" during the meetings.

Prior to his Egypt trip, Brown met Jordan's Chairman of the Joint Chiefs Maj. Gen. Yousef Al-Huneiti in Amman.

In a statement, Brown's spokesperson said the two military leaders discussed "regional tensions and efforts to deescalate them."

They also discussed "the urgency of bringing the Gaza ceasefire and hostage release deal to closure," the statement said.