Adraee lauds Aoun's condemnation of Sydney shooting
Israeli army spokesperson Avichay Adraee criticized "Hezbollah's supporters" who attacked Lebanese President Joseph Aoun after the latter condemned a mass shooting at a Jewish holiday event that killed at least 11 people in Sydney.
Adraee said those who "live on the rhetoric of death see a threat in every humanitarian stance."
World nations, including Iran, expressed shock and sympathy over the mass shooting. "Terrorism and the killing of people, wherever they occur, are unacceptable and must be condemned," Iran’s Foreign Ministry spokesperson Esmail Baghaei said.
Adraee lauded Aoun's statement that condemned terrorism and the killing of civilians. "It is an ethical and humanitarian stance that is respected and valued," he said, adding that the attack on Aoun is not "surprising or unexpected."
Aoun had "fully condemned" the attack, in a statement Sunday on the x platform.
He said that "humanitarian values are universal principles and are not subject to selectivity."
Source: Naharnet
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