イスラエルにヒズボラに対する「自衛権」 ハリス氏

【アトランタＡＦＰ＝時事】１１月の米大統領選で民主党候補指名を確実にしたカマラ・ハリス副大統領は３０日、イスラエルがレバノンの首都ベイルート南郊のイスラム教シーア派組織ヒズボラの拠点を空爆したのを受け、イスラエルには「自衛権がある」と述べた。（写真はカマラ・ハリス米副大統領）
　ハリス氏はジョージア州アトランタの選挙集会に向かう途上で記者団に「中東について、ここ数時間に起こったことについて話したい。イスラエルに自衛権があることを明確にしておきたい」と語った。
　ハリス氏は「はっきり分かっているのは、イスラエルにはテロ組織に対する自衛権があり、ヒズボラはまさにそのテロ組織だということだ」「だが、われわれはこうした攻撃を終わらせるための外交的解決に取り組まなければならない。今後もそうした取り組みを続けていく」と述べた。
　イスラエルはベイルート空爆について、占領するゴラン高原で子ども１２人が死亡した先週末のロケット弾攻撃を指揮したヒズボラの幹部を狙ったものだと主張している。【翻訳編集ＡＦＰＢＢＮｅｗｓ】
〔ＡＦＰ＝時事〕（2024/07/31-17:47）

US Vice President Kamala Harris, the presumptive Democratic election nominee, said Tuesday that Israel had a right to defend itself following a strike in Hezbollah's stronghold in southern Beirut.
Harris -- who last week struck a tough tone with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu over Israel's war on Gaza -- also called for a diplomatic solution to reduce the risk of all-out conflict on the Lebanon-Israel border.
I want to address what's happened over the last few hours in terms of the Middle East, and be very clear Israel has a right to defend itself, Harris told reporters as she headed to an election rally in Atlanta, Georgia.
Israel said the attack on Tuesday had targeted a Hezbollah commander responsible for rocket fire that killed 12 children in the occupied Golan Heights at the weekend.
What we know in particular is it (Israel) has the right to defend itself against a terrorist organization, which is exactly what Hezbollah is, added Harris.
But all of that being said, we still must work on a diplomatic solution to end these attacks, and we will continue to do that work.
Harris is effectively locked in as the Democratic presidential nominee for November's US election after President Joe Biden's shock decision to drop out of the White House race just over a week ago.
With speculation swirling about whether she would moderate Biden's stalwart support for Israel's Gaza war, Harris said last week after meeting Netanyahu in Washington that she will not be silent about Palestinian casualties there.
Harris said on Thursday she expressed serious concern about the scale of human suffering to Netanyahu, who held separate meetings with her and Biden.