Hezbollah condemns Israeli Knesset approval of Palestinian prisoner execution law

Hezbollah issued a statement responding to what it described as the Israeli Knesset’s approval of a law allowing the execution of Palestinian prisoners, condemning the move as a continuation of what it called systematic Israeli terrorism and part of a broader policy of genocide against the Palestinian people.

The statement said the decision was “an aggressive measure issued by a barbaric and artificial entity that does not recognize international law or adhere to any moral standards,” describing the law as a dangerous attempt to institutionalize executions, legitimize deliberate killing, and provide legal cover for practices it claims Israel has carried out for decades against Palestinian prisoners through torture, deliberate medical neglect, and other forms of abuse.

Hezbollah also said that Israel had reached this level of “arrogance and criminality” due to what it described as international silence and failure to act over Israeli actions and attacks against civilians, including children, women, journalists, hospitals, schools, and shelters in Palestine, Lebanon, Yemen, and Iran.

The statement added that continued international inaction and failure to respond to what it described as Israeli violations of international and humanitarian law would only encourage further crimes and the continuation of what it called genocide against the Palestinian people.

Hezbollah expressed full solidarity with Palestinian prisoners and the Palestinian people, and called on the international community and institutions, including the United Nations, the United Nations Human Rights Council, and the International Committee of the Red Cross, to take urgent action, assume their legal and humanitarian responsibilities, and work to ensure protection for Palestinian prisoners held in Israeli prisons.