Hezbollah support in US? Michigan mosque hosts memorial service for slain terror operative as AOC condemns pager explosions
Social media posts after the strike on Hezbollah communication devices reveal US support for terror group
While Israel has not officially claimed responsibility for the explosions targeting Hezbollah's communication devices in Lebanon and Syria on Tuesday and Wednesday, there is a broad consensus among media outlets, analysts, and the public that the operation was planned and executed by Israel’s Mossad.
Multiple military analysts in the West praised the operation for its precision and targeted approach, with minimal civilian injuries or deaths. However, some politicians and public figures expressed dissatisfaction with the strike on the Hezbollah terror organization.
Democratic U.S. Congresswoman Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (AOC) condemned the attack, which she attributed to Israel, stating that it “clearly and unequivocally violates international humanitarian law and undermines US efforts to prevent a wider conflict.”
In a post on 𝕏, she demanded an investigation to determine “whether any US assistance went into the development or deployment of this technology.”
The American Israel Public Affairs Committee (AIPAC), a bipartisan pro-Israel lobbying group, posted a reply, noting that the Democratic congresswoman had never protested a single Hezbollah attack on her 𝕏 account.
.@AOC's first-ever post about Hezbollah is to condemn Israel for killing Hezbollah terrorists.
— AIPAC (@AIPAC) September 18, 2024
Not a word about 8,500 rockets since October 8.
Not a word about 12 Israeli kids killed playing on a soccer field.
Not a word about Iran funding and arming Hezbollah.
Revealing. https://t.co/oifGzAk7Nj pic.twitter.com/q7vICzRivI
Other pro-Israel social media accounts were quick to point out that most of the remaining Democratic representatives belonging to a group known as “The Squad” had also been silent about Hezbollah attacks that have killed or injured Israeli civilians.
Democratic Congressman Brad Sherman called out AOC for misrepresenting the situation. In a post on 𝕏, he noted that only Hezbollah-owned pagers were targeted in the strike and that military targets are legitimate targets in a war. He also noted that Hezbollah regularly targets Israeli civilians.
#Israel did not cause every pager in #Lebanon and Syria to explode. The pagers that exploded were Hezbollah-owned, issued to Hezbollah terrorists for military communications. Military communications devices are as much a part of waging war as munitions. (1/3)
— Congressman Brad Sherman (@BradSherman) September 19, 2024
The Open Source Intel 𝕏 account, which frequently posts updates on global conflicts, noted that a mosque in the state of Michigan was holding a memorial service for one of the Hezbollah "martyrs" who died in the attack.
Dearborn, Michigan: “We don’t have terrorists”
— Open Source Intel (@Osint613) September 19, 2024
Also Dearborn, Michigan: “Come to the memorial of one of our neighborhood Hezbollah Martyrs” pic.twitter.com/3NhjD1qYLC
Joe Truzman, a senior research analyst for the Foundation for Defense of Democracies (FDD), noted that the Islamic Center of America (ICofA) in Dearborn, Michigan, is holding a “medical fundraiser for Lebanon on Friday.”
Following the Israeli targeting of potentially thousands of Hezbollah fighters, the Islamic Center of America in Dearborn, Michigan, will be holding a medical fundraiser for Lebanon on Friday. pic.twitter.com/1jXXnCaP2n
— Joe Truzman (@JoeTruzman) September 19, 2024
According to Hezbollah's own announcements, very few Lebanese civilians were injured in the pager and radio explosions, suggesting that the ICofA is holding a fundraiser to treat wounded Hezbollah members, despite Hezbollah being officially designated as a terrorist organization by the U.S. government.
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