Hezbollah Denies Pledge Not to Retaliate Israeli Raids
TEHRAN (Tasnim) – The Lebanese resistance movement, Hezbollah, denied Friday media reports saying it had promised Russia not to retaliate against Israeli raids on targets within Syrian territories.
“(The) alleged pledge from Hezbollah to Russia not to respond to Israeli raids against targets inside Syria... is absolutely baseless and falsified,” a statement from Hezbollah’s media office said, according to the Daily Star.
Several Israeli surface-to-surface missiles struck areas surrounding the Mazzeh air base outside Damascus Wednesday overnight without causing any casualties.
The attack was the third in eight days that Israel targeted positions near Damascus.
Israel also conducted airstrikes Tuesday on Zabadani, west of Damascus, where Hezbollah maintains an armed presence.
The Israeli army published on Twitter Tuesday a detailed map claiming to display a target bank of Hezbollah’s positions in Lebanon, particularly in southeastern Lebanon.
Secretary General of Hezbollah Seyed Hassan Nasrallah will give a speech Friday at 8:30 pm in which he is expected to address local and regional issues.