Hezbollah vows to respond to the 'Israeli massacres and savage crimes' against the Lebanese people

Ahram Online , Wednesday 8 Apr 2026

Hezbollah said Wednesday it has the right to respond to Israel's deadly wave of strikes on residential buildings in Beirut and the rest of Lebanon, which authorities said left at least 112 people dead and more than 873 wounded.

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First responders and residents stand amid rubble at the site of an Israeli airstrike in Beirut's Corniche al-Mazraa neighbourhood on April 8, 2026. AFP

 

"We affirm that the blood of the martyrs and the wounded will not be shed in vain, and that today's massacres, like all acts of aggression and savage crimes, confirm our natural and legal right to resist the occupation and respond to its aggression," Hezbiollah said in a statement.

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