The Israeli strike that killed the leader of the Lebanese Shiite movement "Hezbollah" Hassan Nasrallah, is a "measure bringing justice" for the victims of a 40-year reign of terror, said US President Joe Biden, quoted by the Associated Press and BTA.
The comment was made after the group confirmed earlier today that Nasrallah, one of its founders, had been killed in an Israeli airstrike in Beirut a day earlier.
Biden noted that the operation to remove the sheikh was part of the larger context of the conflict that erupted after the Palestinian movement "Hamas" on October 7 last year a massacre against Israeli citizens.
"The next day, Nasrallah made the fateful decision to join forces with "Hamas" and to discover what he called the "northern front" against Israel", the American leader said.
He added that under the leadership of Nasrallah the movement "Hezbollah" was responsible for the deaths of thousands of Americans, Israelis and Lebanese.
Hezbollah's attacks on US interests include the 1983 truck bombing of the US embassy and multinational force barracks in Beirut, and the kidnapping of the head of the CIA's bureau in the Lebanese capital, who died while being held captive. According to the US, Hezbollah's leadership armed and trained militias that carried out attacks on US forces during the Iraq war.
According to the White House, Nasrallah's death is a heavy blow to the group. At the same time, the government in Washington is trying to tread carefully in its efforts to prevent Israel's war against the Palestinian movement Hamas, which, like Hezbollah, is backed by Iran, from escalating into a full-scale regional conflict.
"President Biden and I do not want the Middle East conflict to escalate into a larger regional war," said Vice President Kamala Harris, echoing Biden's formulation that eliminating Nasrallah was a "just measure.". "Diplomacy remains the best way to protect the civilian population and achieve lasting stability in the region,", she added.
Britain has again called for an immediate ceasefire in the Middle East after the assassination of the leader of the Lebanese Shiite movement, the agencies reported.
"We are united around the need for an immediate ceasefire to end the bloodshed. A diplomatic solution is the only way for the Israeli and Lebanese people to once again live in security and stability," he wrote in "X". UK Foreign Secretary David Lammy after a conversation with Lebanese Prime Minister Najib Mikati.
His German colleague Analena Berbock warned on the air of the German public television ARD that the situation in the Middle East is "extremely dangerous" because of the spiral of violence that gripped the region, DPA reported.
"There is a danger that the region will sink completely into a spiral of violence," said Berlin's number one diplomat.