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Hezbulá announces a “specific” reprisal to the “Israeli massacre” against its militiamen in Lebanon
The Lebanese Shiite group Hezbulá promised on Wednesday that it will give a “specific” response to the “Israeli massacre” caused among its ranks by the simultaneous and massive explosion of thousands of searchers in the hands of its members in Lebanon and Syria, which caused a dozen deaths and thousands of injuries of varying severity.
In a message issued this morning, the armed formation indicated that despite the attack received, it will continue its support for the “resistance of Gaza and its people” and will continue to defend “Lebanon, its people and its sovereignty.”
The group added that Tuesday’s “massacre” will have a “hard punishment” and “specific accountability.”
“What happened yesterday will fill us with will and insistence on following the path of resistance and struggle and we totally trust in the divine promise with the victory of the faithful patient fighters,” the formation said in the statement.
Hizbulá also expressed his “most sincere blessings and condolences” to the families of those killed and injured “in the treacherous attack.”
Already last night, both Hizbulah and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Lebanon individually attributed to Israel the massive explosion of the searchers, which they condemned as a “criminal aggression that also targeted civilians and killed several people.”
“This serious and deliberate Israeli escalation coincides with Israeli threats to expand the war against Lebanon and with its uncompromising stance that calls for more bloodshed, destruction and sabotage,” the Lebanese Government denounced in a statement.
Around 15.30 on Tuesday (12.30 GMT), thousands of searchers in the hands of members of Hezbula exploded simultaneously in various parts of Lebanon, mainly in the south of the country and the southern suburbs of Beirut, controlled by the Shiite formation.
The Lebanese Minister of Public Health, Firas Abiad, said on Wednesday that the death toll from the chain explosion increased this Wednesday to twelve, while about 1,800 of the more than 2,800 injured required hospitalization.
According to Abiad, most of the injured were registered in Beirut and its suburbs, while in the south of the country about 750 people were injured and, in the eastern Bekaa Valley, another 150.
“There were more than a hundred hospitals that helped us receive the injured, all hospitals in all areas, including the north. The medical teams stayed all night and even today they are still working in the Eye and Ear units of the Hotel Dieu and the Roum,” he said in statements to the press during a visit to hospitals.
The Lebanese authorities received 15 tons of supplies on Wednesday and also medical personnel provided by Jordan, Iran and Iraq to help treat the victims, while Egypt, Syria or Turkey have also offered their help to Lebanon, according to Abiad.
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María Corina Machado urges Edmundo González Urrutia not to return to Venezuela for his safety
Venezuelan opposition leader María Corina Machado said on Friday that she asked Edmundo González Urrutia, former candidate of the Democratic Unitary Platform (PUD), not to return to Venezuela to avoid putting himself at risk.
In a video message, Machado explained that the opposition evaluated the situation and concluded that González Urrutia would be in danger if he tried to enter Venezuela as he had planned.
González Urrutia, who claims to have won the July 28 elections with the support of more than 85% of the official voting records, had announced that he would return to Venezuela on January 10 to assume the presidency.
Earlier, Nicolás Maduro, who was declared the winner of those elections, took the oath of office for a third term.
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OAS chief calls for strengthening democracy in the region amid Venezuela’s crisis
The Secretary-General of the Organization of American States (OAS) reiterated on Friday in Guatemala his support for the Venezuelan opposition leader, Edmundo González Urrutia, and rejected Nicolás Maduro’s inauguration as the re-elected ruler of Venezuela.
“If democracy were respected, Edmundo would be sworn in today as the President of Venezuela,” stated Almagro during a public event at the Palace of Culture in Guatemala, where he received a decoration from the government of Bernardo Arévalo.
Almagro described the current situation in Venezuela as “critical” and condemned Nicolás Maduro’s inauguration on Friday before the Parliament, which is controlled by the chavismo. This took place despite the majority opposition claiming that González Urrutia was the actual winner of the July elections.
In his speech on defending democracy, the OAS Secretary-General emphasized that it is a shared task to “consolidate the democratic culture, which cannot have any displaced or marginalized people” in the countries of the region.
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María Corina Machado kidnapped and forced to record videos before being released, says opposition
The Venezuela Command, the campaign team of opposition leader Edmundo González Urrutia, denounced the “kidnapping” and subsequent release of political leader María Corina Machado after she led a protest in Caracas on the eve of the Venezuelan presidential inauguration.
In a post on X, the opposition team stated that the former lawmaker was “intercepted and knocked off the motorcycle she was traveling on” after leading a rally in the Chacao area of the Venezuelan capital.
“Gunshots were fired during the incident. She was forcibly detained. During her kidnapping, she was forced to record several videos, and then she was released,” the statement added, which was made public nearly two hours after Machado’s party, Vente Venezuela, reported that she had been “violently intercepted.”
María Corina Machado urges Edmundo González Urrutia not to return to Venezuela for his safety
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