Shiites Mourn ‘Martyred’ Nasrallah While Sunnis Quietly Back Israel
Views on assassinated Hezbollah chief Hassan Nasrallah break down along sectarian lines, with Sunni Muslims careful to note that their support for Israel’s assassination of Nasrallah does not entail support for the Israeli military
By Hudhaifa Ebrahim/The Media Line
The assassination of Hezbollah Secretary-General Hassan Nasrallah by an Israeli airstrike on Friday triggered varied reactions across the Arab world. Most Arab countries did not comment on Nasrallah’s death.
Apart from Oman, none of the Gulf states issued statements regarding the assassination. Oman’s grand mufti, the head of religious affairs, expressed his condolences.
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