DAILY SCOPE: Sayyed Nasrallah to Deliver Speech on al-Quntar Assassination, ’Israel’ Wary

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NEWSPAPERS' HEADLINES:

AS-SAFIR:

Four Smart Bombs from Tabaraya to Jermana... In a Security Breach

AN-NAHAR:

Assassinating Samir al-Quntar: A Challenge to Iran, Hizbullah

AL-AKHBAR:

"The Last Supper" in Jermana

Unsurprising Assassination amid Appropriate "Israeli" Circumstances

AL-JOMHOURIA:

Presidency on Sidelines of Dialogue Today, Nasrallah Addresses "Israel" in Speech

AL-LIWAA:

"Israel" Assassinates al-Quntar in Syria, South Lebanon Calm after Rockets Exchange

AD-DIYAR:

Will Hizbullah Retaliate in the South in a Limited Time and Place?

Lebanese newspapers on Monday shed light on the "Israeli" aggression that took place in Syria's Jaramana in the Southern Damascus outskirts, which led to the martyrdom of the dean of Lebanese detainees in "Israeli" prisons Samir al-Quntar.

AL-BINAA: Hizbullah Will Respond in Right Time, Place

Well-informed sources told al-Binaa newspaper that "Hizbullah Secretary General Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah will appear in a televised speech in which he will explain in details the whereabouts of the assassination and the nature of Samir al-Quntar's work in the resistance, especially in Syria."

According to the source, he will declare that the resistance will retaliate in an attack that will be painful to "Israel" in place and time, and that Hizbullah will not allow the "Israeli" enemy or its tools including terrorism to change the deterrence equations in that were imposed by the resistance in Lebanon and Syria in terms of "Israel".

Furthermore, sources stressed that the "response of the resistance will not breach the rules of engagement at the borders," pointing out that "all the aggressions and attacks committed by "Israel" in Lebanon and Syria during the past few years are further reasons for confrontation with the enemy."

Moreover, sources concerned told the Lebanese daily that there were three main reasons behind the assassination, "first, that al-Quntar was an important figure in terms of fortifying the growing resistance in the Golan Heights, and that he was the link between these forces and the resistance in Lebanon."

Another reason is the UNSC resolution issued Saturday on Syria, which proved the failure of aggression in Syria, where "Israel" felt the need to carry out a strike and divert attention from a settlement in Syria.

Third, according to the source, this comes as a message from "Israel" that it still exists, and that it will continue to track and follow resistance leaders and figures in light of the coalition with Saudi Arabia against Hizbullah.

"Israeli" warplanes raided a residential building in the Syrian city of Jaramana late on Sturday, killing the Dean of liberated detainees from Israeli prisons, Samir al-Quntar.

Sources said the "Israeli" warplanes struck the building with four long-range missiles, causing complete destruction of the building and partial damage to the surrounding structures.

Hizbullah Media Relations released a statement on Sunday announcing the martyrdom of Kuntar who spent 29 years in the "Israeli" prisons.

AS-SAFIR: Syrian Radars Did Not Intercept "Israeli" Rockets

Informed Syrian sources told As-Safir newspaper on Tuesday that the Syrian radars intercepted the "Israeli" smart rockets only 15 kilometers before it hit the target.

The sources also pointed out that Samir al-Qunta had shortly arrived from Beirut to Damascus, where he had not spend more than 12 hours before the strike, adding that he usually goes to that house every two months at most.

On a related note, the paper said that "Israel" could not bear to officially claim responsibility for the strike which killed the Dean of the freed detainees from the "Israeli" prisons, Samir al-Quntar late on Saturday. However, the "Israeli" media didn't hesitate to praise the strike, in an obvious admission that Tel Aviv had carried out the raid.

AL-AKHBAR: Confusion among Saudis in Retaliatory Yemeni Attack

A military source told al-Akhbar newspaper that a retaliation attack conducted by the popular committees and the Yemeni Ansarullah revolutionary forces against the Saudi aggressors on Monday caused a state of confusion among the Saudis in the military base of Safer, after the ballistic missile ‘Qaher 1' hit the target.

According to the military source, 86 soldiers were at least killed, 8 Apatche planes were destroyed in addition to a number of armored vehicles and developed tanks. Among the dead were high-profile Saudi and Emirati commanders, added the source.

Earlier during last week, 180 Saudi-led troops at least were killed after Yemen's army fires a ballistic missile at a military base in retaliation for heavy bombing and capture of two Yemeni towns despite a ceasefire.

The forces launched a Tochka ballistic missile at the military camp in Yemen's west-central province of Ma'rib on Friday afternoon, reported al-Masira Yemeni website said. The website had earlier put the toll at 120, pointing out that the fatalities include a number of Saudi officers and military personnel.

Yemeni forces also launched two other ballistic missiles towards military bases in Saudi Arabia's southwestern Najran region. One of them, a Tochka missile, was intercepted by Saudi forces in the Yemeni airspace and fell in the vicinity of Ma'rib city. The other one, a Yemeni ballistic missile named ‘Qaher 1', hit a desert area eastwards of the city of Najran.

Source: al-Ahed News