Berri urges unity and support for Aoun after Israeli attacks

Speaker Nabih Berri on Thursday condemned the Israeli incursion and the killing in “cold blood” of a municipal worker in the southern border town of Blida.

He also deplored the blowing up of a Shiite religious hall in Adaisseh.

“What happened in Blida and Adaisseh, the aerial attack in the morning on the outsirts of the towns of al-Aishiyeh, al-Jarmaq and al-Khardali, and the violation of the airspace of the capital Beirut and its southern suburbs are actions … that constitute an aggression against Lebanon that cannot be reined in with condemnations,” Berri said in a statement.

“The current moment requires all Lebanese to show unity and support the president and his latest stance over what happened today,” Berri added.

President Joseph Aoun had earlier in the day instructed Army chief General Rodolphe Haykal to “confront any Israeli incursion into Lebanon,” in the wake of the deadly Blida ground raid.