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Hezbollah chief says group won’t ‘be silent’ after killing of Hamas leader

Lebanon's Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah says there would be 'no ceilings' and 'no rules' for his group if Israel launches a war on Lebanon [Mohamed Azakir/Reuters]

The head of Lebanon’s powerful armed group Hezbollah says the killing of the deputy chief of allied Palestinian faction Hamas in Beirut was “a major, dangerous crime about which we cannot be silent”.

In a televised speech on Wednesday, Hassan Nasrallah blamed Israel for the attack and offered his condolences to Hamas for what he called a “flagrant Israeli aggression” that killed Saleh al-Arouri.

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