Lebanese Armed Forces Commander General Joseph Aoun affirmed in a speech delivered during the honoring ceremony of the army martyrs at the Defense Ministry in Yarzeh, that the joy of triumphing against terrorism remains incomplete because we hoped for the return of then abducted soldiers to the army, noting that “the Jouroud battle wouldn’t have accomplished its goal if it weren’t for the support of the President, the PM, and the Speaker to the Military Institution.”
Commander Aoun also stated that the sacrifices of the martyrs will not be in vain and that despite the victory, great sacrifice still awaits the army, stressing the “full commitment to the resolution 1701, and that in the future the army will respond similarly against anyone who attempts to mess with the national sovereignty.”