Related News
China urges calm after Nasrallah killed
Print Edition
China opposes any violation of Lebanon鈥檚 sovereignty, the foreign ministry said yesterday after an Israeli airstrike on Beirut killed Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah.
Nasrallah鈥檚 death is widely considered a significant blow to the group as it reels from an escalating campaign of Israeli attacks.
China urges all parties and especially Israel to immediately cool the situation and prevent the conflict from expanding or 鈥渆ven getting out of control,鈥 the ministry said on its website.
China 鈥渙pposes and condemns all action that harms innocent civilians and opposes any move that exacerbates conflict.鈥
Israel on Friday evening launched airstrikes on Hezbollah鈥檚 main headquarters in Beirut鈥檚 southern suburbs, resulting in the death of Nasrallah and several other Hezbollah commanders.
Analysts believe Nasrallah鈥檚 death could create a power vacuum within Hezbollah, destabilizing Lebanon and adding uncertainty to the broader regional conflict, while altering strategic dynamics in the Middle East.
According to the Israeli military, Friday鈥檚 airstrikes killed Nasrallah, and other commanders, which was later confirmed by Hezbollah.
Lebanon鈥檚 MTV TV channel reported the raids had killed at least six people, injured 91 others, flattened several residential buildings, and caused huge infrastructure damage to the neighborhood.
Lebanese Health Minister Firas Abiad said on Saturday that Israeli airstrikes the past 24 hours had claimed 11 lives and injured 108.
Shortly after Hezbollah鈥檚 confirmation of Nasrallah鈥檚 death, Hamas condemned the Israeli airstrikes on Dahieh and said it held Israel fully responsible for destabilizing the region and condemned US support for Israel.
Meanwhile, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan condemned Israel鈥檚 鈥渂rutal鈥 and 鈥渋nhumane鈥 attacks, and called for the Islamic world to take 鈥渁 more decisive stance鈥 against these attacks.
Iran, Iraq, Tunisia, Syria, Jordan and Egypt also flayed Israel鈥檚 鈥渢errorist鈥 attacks on Dahieh and 鈥渂rutal aggression鈥 against Lebanon.
Saturday marked the sixth consecutive day of Israel鈥檚 most extensive military action in Lebanon since 2006, which the Lebanese Health Ministry said has claimed at least 700 lives. It also marked the latest escalation of the ongoing clashes that began on October 8, 2023, when Hezbollah started launching rockets at Israel in solidarity with Hamas in the Gaza Strip, prompting Israel鈥檚 retaliatory artillery fire and airstrikes in southeastern Lebanon.
- About Us
- |
- Terms of Use
- |
-
RSS - |
- Privacy Policy
- |
- Contact Us
- |
- Shanghai Call Center: 962288
- |
- Tip-off hotline: 52920043
- 娌狪CP璇侊細娌狪CP澶05050403鍙-1
- |
- 浜掕仈缃戞柊闂讳俊鎭湇鍔¤鍙瘉锛31120180004
- |
- 缃戠粶瑙嗗惉璁稿彲璇侊細0909346
- |
- 骞挎挱鐢佃鑺傜洰鍒朵綔璁稿彲璇侊細娌瓧绗354鍙
- |
- 澧炲肩數淇′笟鍔＄粡钀ヨ鍙瘉锛氭勃B2-20120012
Copyright 漏 1999- Shanghai Daily. All rights reserved.Preferably viewed with Internet Explorer 8 or newer browsers.
