in 2015, aruuri was declared a specially designated global terrorist by the us government. three years later in 2018, the us state department announced a bounty of $5 million for any information leading to the hamas deputy chief's capture along with some senior leaders of the hezbulah resistance movement. al aruri's assassination by an israeli drone strike was condemned by hamas as a cowardly assassination and a futile attempt to break the will and resistance of the palestinian people. mass political bureau chief ismael hania said israel will be held responsible for the assassin. with pride, faith and persistence to continue the pass of the marters, we mourn with our palestinian people everywhere, inside and outside the homeland, the martur them ofuri abuhammad, we affirm that the z occupation regime's assassinations of the great brother and national resistance leader sheikh saleh al-arori is a complete act of terrorism, violation of lebanon's sovereignty and an expansion of israel's hostility against our people and nation. alaruri's leadership and strategic thinking were e

hamas confirmed the martidom of aruuri as a chief of staff of the resistance movement in the occupiedprime minister benjamin netanyahu had threatened to kill him even before october the 7th. al-arori was born in the town of arura in the occupied west bank in 1966. alarori joined hamas in the late 1980s and was imprisoned and released by the israel regime several times. he was a founding commander of his military wing the izzaddin al-qassam brigades. he went into exile first to syria and later moved to lebanon in 2018 until his assassination. on january the 2nd, i saw him 20 years ago, he used to speak to me over the phone, but not a lot, and now he's killed, he expected to be killed, he told me that, he spent 15 years behind bars, he then was released and got married, but he was arrested again for three more years and then they deported him, those cowards sent him away and then they killed him, thank god my brother martur was a... mujahhed fighter who spent his life for the sake of the homeland, he spent years behind bars and then in exile. he suffered lot behind bars in isolation and

of the deterrent equations by targeting the lebanese capital beirot uh while assassinating sheikh aruuri in your expert opinion as a military man what would such a retaliation look like and uh when would it be done and do you think that zionist israel will just take bite the bullet and take that hit or will it retaliate? in the first point, carried out the action and termed it as an initial response. the initial response will be followed by gathering data and information, then assessing the situation. if determines that the action served its purpose, it will suffice with what it has done, otherwise it will choose another target to pursue its goals, aiming to restore the deterrance equation. as for the results and the possibility of heading towards war, if the decision was solely in the hands of netanyahu, considering the current reality, we might say that war would break out tomorrow, because netanyahu's interest lies in going to war and involving the united states. however, the decision for war is not individual and exclusive for the zionists. moreover, it is not soly a zionist israeli

yemen's ans for the resistance movement says assassination of aruuri is violation of international laws and humanitarian norms. hezbulah called a danger. first attack on lebanise sovereignty warning the israel crime will not go unanswered. iran's also condemn the attack in the strongest terms. a day, early 1990, in islamic revolution, guard core base in iran, brigadier general qasim sulaymani visited a large number of trained forces. sulaimani is standing in the base with meer equipment and facilities while there was an irgc logo next to him and picture of al-qutz above his head. 20 years later the commander of the force in tehran was participating in a ceremony to commemorate imad, the military commander of hezbulah. soleimani was at the podium and there was a big screen behind him which flashed a large picture of alcots. during the past 20 years, many things had changed.