nasrallah – The Milli Chronicle https://millichronicle.com Factual Version of a Story Wed, 30 Sep 2020 06:03:17 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://media.millichronicle.com/2018/11/12122950/logo-m-01-150x150.png nasrallah – The Milli Chronicle https://millichronicle.com 32 32 Israel’s Netanyahu urges Beirut neighborhood to ‘act now’ over Hezbollah arms depot https://millichronicle.com/2020/09/israels-netanyahu-urges-beirut-neighborhood-to-act-now-over-hezbollah-arms-depot.html Tue, 29 Sep 2020 19:28:15 +0000 https://millichronicle.com/?p=14301 New York (Reuters) – Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Tuesday accused Lebanon’s Hezbollah of storing weapons next to a gas company in a residential neighborhood of Beirut, urging the people to “act now” by protesting against the depot.

In a video address to the United Nations General Assembly, pre-recorded due to the coronavirus pandemic, Netanyahu warned that the arms depot in the Janah neighborhood was “where the next explosion could take place” following an Aug. 4 blast at Beirut’s port, which left nearly 200 people dead.

Lebanon has been pushed to breaking point by a financial meltdown and a political vacuum following the resignation of the caretaker government over the August blast, which authorities blamed on highly explosive ammonium nitrate kept in poor storage for years.

“I say to the people of Janah, you’ve got to act now. You’ve got to protest this. Because if this thing explodes, it’s another tragedy,” Netanyahu said. “I say to the people of Lebanon, Israel means you no harm. But Iran does.”

“Iran and Hezbollah have deliberately put you and your families in grave danger. And what you should make clear is that what they have done is unacceptable. You should tell them, tear these depots down,” he said.

Hezbollah’s leader Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah denied Netanyahu’s accusations and said that Netanyahu was trying to provoke the Lebanese against Hezbollah with accusations of missile sites in Beirut.

Iran’s mission to the United Nations did not immediately respond to a request for comment.

The Israeli military spokesman’s office said in a statement after Netanyahu’s speech that Israel and the Israel Defense Forces had reported the site, and others “numerous times, both to the U.N. and additional diplomatic networks, as well as via various media channels.”

“The exposure of these sites today was made with the aim of calling the Lebanese government again, with the support of the international community, to intervene in the matter; and to allow Lebanese civilians to protect themselves,” it said.

A photo displayed by Netanyahu during his speech, that purportedly shows the entrance to the “missile factory,” was taken on the ground in Beirut, suggesting an Israeli intelligence asset provided it.

]]> Hezbollah chief Hassan Nasrallah down with Coronavirus: Lebanese Media https://millichronicle.com/2020/03/hezbollah-chief-hassan-nasrallah-down-with-coronavirus-lebanese-media.html Wed, 11 Mar 2020 12:03:15 +0000 https://millichronicle.com/?p=8575 Beirut — The chief of Iran-backed militant outfit Hezbollah, Hassan Nasrallah (59) has been reported to be infected with Coronavirus after receiving high-ranking Iranian delegation from Tehran this week, according to Lebanese media reports.

Lebanon’s well-known veteran journalist Maria Maloof reported on Tuesday about Nasrallah’s health condition in her Arabic-language tweet, which was later posted by Syrian opposition activist Bassam Jaara.

According to the tweet, Nasrallah met one of the Iranian delegations who was later found to be infected with Coronavirus.

However, the militant organization denies the claims and wishes not to comment on the matter.

Iran is badly affected with Coronavirus outbreak, which has claimed deaths of top regime officials. Among the dead are — Iranian MP Fatemah Rahbar, an official of Basij Resistance Force Mohammad Haj Abolghasemi, Khomeini’s former representative in the Ministry of Islamic Guidance Sayyed Hojatol Eslam Hadi Khosroshai, two influential clerics Akbar Dehghan and Reza Mohammadi Langroudi, and a lot of top officials whose names are not disclosed by the Iranian authorities.

According to a preliminary analysis by Canadian researchers quoted by IranWire, the true number of coronavirus cases in Iran may be upwards of 18,000.

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