Hezbollah: ‘Sinwar stood up to US, Zionist occupation until his martyrdom’

Hezbollah expressed: “Its deepest condolences for the martyrdom of the leader of the Al-Aqsa Flood, head of the Hamas political bureau, the mujahid Yahya Sinwar,” to the Palestinian people, Hamas and the Arab and Islamic nation.

The party stressed in a statement on Friday that Sinwar: “Carried on the mission and the torch of leadership from the martyred leader Ismail Haniyeh (the former head of the political bureau, martyred on 31 July, 2024) in order to continue on the path of resistance, giving and sacrifices with the heroic Mujahideen and brave resistance fighters.”

Hezbollah noted that Sinwar: “Stood in the face of the US project and the Zionist occupation and sacrificed his blood for this until his martyrdom, reaching the highest ranks of dignity and excellence.”

The statement stressed: “We in the leadership of Hezbollah, who are facing with our resistant and steadfast Lebanese people the repercussions of the criminal Zionist aggression, affirm our support for our Palestinian people. We have full confidence in the divine promise and victory for His believing servants.”

The Islamic Resistance Movement Hamas mourned the head of its political bureau, Sinwar: “Who ascended as a heroic martyr, advancing and not retreating, fighting and confronting the occupation army on the frontline, defending the land of Palestine and its sanctities. He inspires the spirit of steadfastness, patience, determination and resistance.”

Sinwar was killed in the Tel Al-Sultan area in Rafah, south of Gaza, on Wednesday after armed confrontations with the Israeli occupation army, in which drones and artillery were used.

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