Iran pledges retaliation for Israeli assassination of senior Hezbollah commander
Source: XinhuaEditor: huaxia2025-11-25 04:40:30
TEHRAN, Nov. 24 (Xinhua) -- Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) on Monday vowed a "crushing response" to Israel over the assassination of senior Hezbollah commander Haytham Ali Tabtabai.
In a statement on its official news outlet, Sepah News, the IRGC condemned Israel's "brutal crime," saying Tabtabai was targeted in Beirut's southern suburbs in a "flagrant and terrorist" act. The statement added that "the resistance axis and Hezbollah" reserve the right to avenge the killing and that a decisive response would come "at the appropriate time."
At least five people, including Tabtabai, were killed and 28 others wounded in Sunday's Israeli airstrike on a residential apartment in Haret Hreik, according to the Lebanese Health Ministry.
Iran's Foreign Ministry also condemned the strike in a statement on Monday, calling the attack a "brutal aggression" against Lebanon's territorial integrity and national sovereignty.
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