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

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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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Former 5-time Lebanese PM Salim Hoss Dies at 94

FILE - Lebanese Prime Minister Salim Hoss is seen on April 25, 1990 in Lebanon. (AP Photo, File)
FILE - Lebanese Prime Minister Salim Hoss is seen on April 25, 1990 in Lebanon. (AP Photo, File)
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Former 5-time Lebanese PM Salim Hoss Dies at 94

FILE - Lebanese Prime Minister Salim Hoss is seen on April 25, 1990 in Lebanon. (AP Photo, File)
FILE - Lebanese Prime Minister Salim Hoss is seen on April 25, 1990 in Lebanon. (AP Photo, File)

Five-time former Lebanese Prime Minister Salim Hoss, who served during some of the most tumultuous years of his country’s modern history, died Sunday at age 94, the current premier said.
Caretaker Prime Minister Najib Mikati described Hoss, who was also a former government minister and member of parliament, as the “conscience of Lebanon” in a statement announcing his death. He added that Hoss “passed away at the most difficult and delicate stage in which Lebanon needs its conscience.”
Mikati was referring to fears that Lebanon could be pulled into a full-on war with Israel.

Hoss “was a prominent economist and a role model for his expertise, ethics and knowledge,” Mikati said. “He placed the country’s supreme interest and the interest of citizens above all considerations.”
Hoss was often described as a technocrat and widely respected as a rare statesman in a country marked by political and sectarian divisions, The Associated Press reported.
He served as prime minister for four terms during the country’s 15-year civil war that lasted from 1975 to 1990. His final term in office was from 1998 to 2000.
At one point, he presided over one of two dueling governments. After the term of President Amin Gemayel ended in 1988 with no successor elected, Lebanon became ruled by two governments, one headed by Michel Naim Aoun in Christian east Beirut and another by Hoss in Muslim west Beirut.