Hezbollah praises ‘heroic’ al-Aqsa Mosque operation
The Lebanese Hezbollah resistance movement has hailed the “heroic" operation conducted by three Palestinians at the entrance to the al-Aqsa Mosque late last week, which left two Israeli police officers dead in a gun battle in the mosque compound.
According to Press TV, a statement issued by the movement read on Monday “The operation attests that the spirit of resistance is rooted in the hearts of Palestinians, and underscores their emotional bonds to the occupied al-Aqsa Mosque, where the fight against Occupation (Israel) originates. Palestinian fighters tend to sacrifice all they have in order to liberate their lands, and restore their dignity.”
The Palestinian Hamas and Islamic Jihad resistance movements also condemned the Israel regime’s acts of aggression against al-Aqsa Mosque in a joint statement, stressing that such moves will not go unanswered.
“The Occupation’s daily assaults will eventually set the Middle East on flames, and plunge the entire into a sectarian war. We had earlier warned against the Zionist regime’s plots and insidious acts, and called upon competent authorities to intervene and pressure Israelis over halting their sacrilegious actions, excavations and assaults on [the] al-Aqsa Mosque compound. Nevertheless, no one took the warnings seriously and that led to the status quo,” the joint statement read.
The two Palestinian resistance movements later called on ordinary Palestinians, scholars, clergymen and veteran prisoners to join hands and spare no efforts to save the holy site.
Tensions remains high three days after a deadly shooting attack outside an entrance to al-Aqsa Mosque in occupied East al-Quds.
On Monday, Palestinians performed prayers outside the al-Aqsa Mosque compound to show their opposition to the installation of metal detectors at the site’s entrances.
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