hundreds of people at the funeral of Hamas number 2

Hundreds of people gathered in Beirut. They wear the colors of Hamas. In the middle of the crowd, the coffin of Saleh Al-Arouri carried by his supporters. One of them puts down a gun in protest. Anger is expressed in the crowd. For them, Israel is responsible for the strike in Beirut which killed Hamas number 2. On Wednesday January 3, the leader of the powerful Lebanese Hezbollah, an ally of Hamas, warned the Hebrew state against starting a war in Lebanon. “If the enemy Israel plans to wage war in Lebanon, we will fight without restraint, without rules, without limits and without restrictions, they know what I mean”did he declare.

Antony Blinken returns to the Middle East

In Israel, the head of the Joint Chiefs of Staff indicated that his troops were on alert on the border with Lebanon. The Israeli army did not claim responsibility for the attack, but tensions are already escalating in Lebanon. In the hope of avoiding the expansion of the war, the head of American diplomacy Antony Blinken is beginning a new tour of the Middle East.