Hezbollah Secretary General Hassan Nasrallah announced this morning (Thursday) that the first fuel tanker from Iran to Lebanon has left for the port of Beirut.
He stressed that in light of the cedar energy crisis "there will be more ships and tankers coming from Iran, loaded with fuel and goods for the Lebanese people."
"We could no longer see the humiliation of our Lebanese brothers who stand in line for hours in the bakeries and the endless queues at gas stations, and the damage to the health system," Nasrallah explained his organization's appeal to Iran.
Nasrallah warned the United States and Israel not to try to attack the Iranian tanker, even though no specific message or threat was received by the organization. However, Hezbollah's secretary general stressed that "once the tanker is in the water, it will be considered Lebanese land. And to the Israelis - this is Lebanese land, be careful with your actions. "
Nasrallah's announcement of aid from Iran has angered many of the organization's opponents in Lebanon, led by former Prime Minister Saad a-Din al-Hariri who wondered in a series of tweets on his Twitter account: "Since when has Lebanon become another Iranian province?"
In one of the tweets, al-Hariri wrote: "Nasrallah's declaration that the Iranian tanker and those who will follow it from Iran to Beirut are likened to Lebanese soil, is a blatant and unauthorized relinquishment of Lebanese sovereignty, and an illegitimate call to treat Lebanon as an Iranian province. ".
As a result of the attack on the Mercer Street ship owned by an Israeli businessman, it was reported earlier this month in the Kuwaiti newspaper Al Jarida that the United States, Britain and Russia had given Israel a "green light" to attack Iranian targets.
