During a meeting with Minister of Foreign Affairs, Migration, and Tunisians Abroad Nabil Ammar, President Saied emphasized that the severity of the situation extends beyond targeting a particular faction or movement; rather, it is an assault on the very "existence" of the entire Palestinian people.

President Saied remarked that the Zionist entity, in its quest to counter the steadfast resistance put up by the Palestinians, has become increasingly desperate and helpless. He highlighted the entity's reliance on tactics such as assassinations, a method it has consistently employed throughout history.

Drawing from historical examples, President Saied referenced the tragic assassination of UN mediator Count Bernadotte in 1948, an event that occurred in a bomb attack on the King David Hotel in the holy city of Al-Quds.

He underscored that this act of violence, orchestrated by Zionist gangs affiliated with the "Irgun" and "Stern" terrorist organizations, serves as a reminder of the entity's longstanding engagement in such cowardly practices. Notably, leaders of these groups, Menachem Begin and Yitzhak Shamir, later became prime ministers of Israel.

The Tunisian President also pointed to the arrest of Bishop Hilarion Capucci by israeli occupation authorities, leading to his forced exile from Palestine and other Arab countries. President Saied questioned whether such figures had any ties to terrorist groups.

Expanding on the broader context, Saied mentioned numerous assassinations of Palestinian political leaders outside the Palestinian territories. These include figures like Kamel Adwen, Kamel Nasser, Abu Youssef al-Najjar during the Verdun operation in 1973, Abu Hassen Salama in 1979, Khalil Wazir "Abu Jihad," who was assassinated in Tunisia in 1988, Ghassen Kanafani, a member of the Political Bureau of the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine, and Abu Iyad Salah Khalef killed in Tunis, along with Mohamed Zouari in Sfax.

The President's comments come in the wake of international news agencies reporting the recent assassination of Deputy Chairman of the Political Bureau of Hamas, Saleh al-Arouri, and other leaders in a zionist raid on the southern suburbs of Beirut.

The raid resulted in at least eleven people being injured. President Saied strongly condemned these actions and expressed concern about their detrimental impact on the Palestinian people. (ILKHA)