[News] Hezbollah condemns Israeli Bekaa massacre, urges action from Lebanon

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Hezbollah condemns Israeli Bekaa massacre, urges action from Lebanon
Al Mayadeen English
July 15, 2025
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Hezbollah condemns Israeli airstrike in Wadi Faara that killed 12
civilians, including Syrians, and urges Lebanon to demand international
accountability.

   - [image: A damaged car is seen at a field that was hit in an Israeli
   airstrike in Nabi Sheet village, in Lebanon's eastern Bekaa Valley,
   Wednesday, August 21, 2024 (AP)]
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   A damaged car is seen at a field that was hit in an Israeli airstrike in
   Nabi Sheet village, in Lebanon's eastern Bekaa Valley, Wednesday, August
   21, 2024 (AP)

Hezbollah has strongly condemned the Israeli occupation's deadly airstrike
in Wadi Faara, northern Bekaa, on Tuesday, which targeted a civilian water
drilling site and killed 12 people
<https://english.almayadeen.net/news/politics/six-injured-in-israeli-airstrikes-on-bekaa--baalbek--lebanon>,
including seven Syrian nationals. Several others were injured in the attack.

In a statement, Hezbollah described the bombing as a "horrific massacre"
and a dangerous escalation in the Israeli regime’s ongoing aggression
against Lebanon and its people. The party warned that the attack once again
exposes the occupation’s “criminal nature and disregard for international
law and humanitarian principles.”

The Israeli strike targeted a crew operating a water well drilling rig in a
remote area of northern Bekaa, far from military zones or combat activity.
Among the victims were both Lebanese and Syrian workers, with the scale of
civilian casualties sparking widespread outrage.

Hezbollah emphasized that the occupation continues to commit war crimes
with impunity, undeterred by international norms or humanitarian
obligations.

In the most recent toll, the Public Health Emergency Operations Center,
affiliated with the Lebanese Ministry of Public Health, announced that
Israeli occupation airstrikes on the Bekaa and Baalbek-Hermel governorates
today resulted in the deaths of 12 martyrs and injuries to 12 others.

The statement said that the strike targeting Wadi Faara in Baalbek district
led to the death of 12 martyrs, including 7 Syrians and 5 Lebanese, in
addition to injuring 3 people.

The statement added that the morning airstrikes, which hit various areas in
the Bekaa and Baalbek-Hermel governorates, caused injuries to 9 citizens.
Hezbollah urges Lebanese government to break silence

Hezbollah also criticized the Lebanese state’s lack of response, urging
officials to "break their futile silence" and take immediate action. The
party called on the Lebanese government to demand accountability from the
international community, particularly the United States, which it accused
of complicity by “providing political cover for Israeli crimes through biased
mediation efforts
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.”

The statement warned that continued silence and international inaction
would only embolden the occupation to commit further atrocities.

Hezbollah concluded its statement by reaffirming its commitment to
resistance, asserting that the Israeli regime seeks to "break national will
through blood and fire." However, it insisted that such acts of brutality
would only strengthen the Lebanese people's resolve to defend their
sovereignty and dignity.
Continuous Israeli aggression

These latest strikes are part of a broader campaign of continuous Israeli
aggression against areas
<https://english.almayadeen.net/news/politics/two-martyrs-in-israeli-attack-on-vehicle-in-northern-lebanon>
 in the south, the Bekaa, and Beirut’s southern suburb, while "Israel"
continues to occupy five border points in southern Lebanon in an ongoing
violation of the ceasefire agreement.
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