Free Patriotic Movement leader Gebran Bassil. (Credit: Photo taken from Bassil's X account)
BEIRUT — For the occasion of Eid al-Fir, Free Patriotic Movement leader Gebran Bassil said on Wednesday that the "joy of the Eid ... this year is marred by Israel's massacres in Gaza and its crimes in Lebanon."
Israel and Hezbollah have been engaged in daily skirmishes along the Lebanese-Israeli border since Oct. 8, the day after the beginning of the war between Hamas and Israel in Gaza.
"The joy of Eid al-Fitr this year is marred by Israel's massacres in Gaza and its crimes in Lebanon, but we believe that justice will come no matter how long it takes," Bassil said on X.
"Eid remains a source of hope, without which life would be difficult. Our hope is for a national agreement that will bring Lebanon out of its crises, re-establish its authority and build its institutions and economy."