BEIRUT: The leader of Lebanon’s Hezbollah militant group has accused Egypt of “choking off an entire people by building an underground barrier meant to stop smuggling goods and weapons to Gaza.
Sheikh Hassan Nasrallah says Egypt should be condemned by all Arabs if it continues installing the barrier. Egypt is under fire from Arab and Muslim groups for cooperating with Israel in its blockade of Gaza.
The barrier would tighten the blockade imposed on Gaza after the militant group Hamas seized control of the territory in 2007.
Nasrallah spoke Sunday by satellite to supporters at a rally marking Ashoura, Shia Islam’s most important religious holiday. -AP
