Hamas Issues Statement Following Nasrallah's Assassination

The Palestinian Hamas movement has declared a united front with Lebanon's Hezbollah following the death of their Secretary-General Hassan Nasrallah due to Israeli strikes in southern Beirut. Earlier, Hezbollah confirmed the death of its leader as a result of an Israeli airstrike on a building in the southern suburbs of Beirut.

"The Islamic Resistance Movement Hamas mourns the martyrdom of Hezbollah’s Secretary-General Hassan Nasrallah along with our Palestinian people, the Arab and Islamic nations, and all the free people of the world," the statement said. Hamas also expressed its solidarity with the Palestinian people and their brave resistance against the Zionist enemy.

Hamas added that its members must now join Hezbollah to defend the Al-Aqsa Mosque. The statement emphasized that history has shown that the leaders of resistance against the 'Zionist enemy' are succeeded by a generation of leaders who are "braver, stronger, and more determined to continue the confrontation against the Zionist enemy until it is defeated and removed from their land and the region."