http://english.hizbollah.tv/essaydetails.php?eid=7087&cid=214 Tens of thousands of Lebanese, Palestinians and Arabs responded Monday to Hizbullah Secretary General Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah and gathered in Beirut's southern suburb in solidarity with Gaza and to pay tribute to the 318 martyrs who fell so far in the "Israeli" barbaric attack on the Strip. Despite the cold weather and rain, the Raya field and surrounding areas in Dahiye were full with protesters hours before the rally began. The waved Palestinian, Lebanese and Hizbullah flags and shouted anti US and "Israeli" slogans and calls for Egypt to take a historic stance in support of Gaza amid a suspicious official Arab silence. Sayyed Nasrallah addressed the protesters through a wide screen and praised their resolution and determination to support their brothers in Gaza. "I thank you and appreciate your response to the call to support Gaza. Today you are expressing your constant commitment to respond to this yearly call (Ashoura) and today is ...
On the first of the ten Ashura nights, Hizbullah Secretary General Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah gave a speech at Sayyed al-Shuhada [Lord of Martyrs (peace be upon him)] Compound in Ruwais, which covered the ongoing aggression against Gaza. Here is the full text of that discourse: In the name of God, Most Gracious, Most Merciful, Thanks and Praise be to God, Cherisher and Sustainer of the Worlds, peace and prayers be to the seal of the prophets, Prophet Muhammad, his infallible household, his chosen companions and all the prophets and messengers .... Peace be upon you, O Imam Hussein, the son of the Messenger of God, my salute and greetings of peace go to you, so long as I exist and as long as there is night and day... Peace be upon Hussain and upon Ali the son of Hussain, the children of Hussain and Hussain's companions. Brothers and sisters, Peace, God's mercy and blessings to you all, Condolences to you all, on this commemoration of what befell your Lord Aba Abdullah al-Hussain, the grandson of the ...
Hassan Nasrallah, the secretary-general of Hezbollah, has told his fighters to be on alert for any possible Israeli attack on Lebanon following raids on Gaza that have killed nearly 300 Palestinians. Nasrallah told a gathering in Beirut's southern suburbs that the Israeli assault on Gaza was a carbon copy of its attacks on Lebanon during a 34-day war with Hezbollah in 2006. About 1,200 people died in Lebanon and 158 in Israel in that conflict. "I have asked the brothers in the resistance in the south specifically to be present, on alert and cautious because we are facing a criminal enemy and we don't know the magnitude of the conspiracies," Nasrallah said. Speaking via video link for security reasons, Nasrallah said Israeli forces had gone on alert along the border with Lebanon since Saturday when the attack on Gaza began. He said the Israelis were either taking precautionary measures or preparing for an attack in an attempt to avenge its failure to destroy Hezbollah in 2006. "We are ready to face ...
Turkey condemns air strikes on Gaza Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan condemned the massive Israeli air strikes on Gaza, calling them a mark of “disrespect” toward Ankara’s efforts to negotiate peace. “I consider the action taken by Israel, while we are making so many efforts for peace, as delivering a blow to those peace initiatives,” the Anatolia news agency quoted Erdogan as saying. Erdogan added that he had cancelled a telephone consultation with Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert, who was just in Ankara on Monday, and has called on the UN Security Council to intervene after the air strikes killed about 200 people in Gaza. Turkey’s Foreign Ministry also condemned the air strikes on the Hamas-controlled Gaza Strip and warned of the wider effect on the region. “The events in Gaza will have a very great negative effect on regional stability,” it said in a statement. “The high number of dead from the operation and the possible ...
Ten of Thousands of citizens in Istanbul went out for a protest rally against the Israeli air raid over the Gaza Strip The rally started from Galatasaray high school and passed through the Istiklal Boulevard. The police tried to stop the protesters at the building of the French embassy and to prevent them from reaching the Taksim square. However, the protesters had destroyed and overcome the barricades, pushed away the police and reached to the square. Some of the organizers of the rally are the IHH, Özgür Der and Mazlum Der NGOs. The protesters shouted slogans against the Israeli raid and waved Palestinian flags. After making a statement the protesters had gone away peacefully, without incidents, the newspaper informs.
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Number of victims in IOF massacre in Gaza rises to 155 killed, 200 wounded
GAZA, (PIC)-- The Israeli occupation forces' raids on the Gaza Strip on Saturday claimed the lives of 155 Palestinians and wounded 200 others, tens of them in serious conditions, medical sources reported. Muawiya Hasanien, the director of ambulance and emergency in the health ministry, said that the number could rise as the Israeli intensified raids did not cease and there could be many other victims still under the rubble. Reports said that Tawfik Jabr, the commander of the Palestinian police, and Abu Ahmed Ashur, the governor of the central district, in the Gaza Strip were among the dead. Angry demonstrations were seen in various West Bank cities immediately after news of the bloody raids were broadcast along with the horrifying images of the bloodbath. However, the Israeli premier's office said that the air strikes were just the beginning and that other strikes would follow, the quality of which is left to Israeli chief of staff Gabi Ashkenazi to decide. Ashkenazi was quoted by the Hebrew press ...
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