Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah warned Friday that “damaging holy sites is a red line,” threatening war “if Israel behaves stupidly. “several banana plantations.
“They know in Israel that their reaction in southern Lebanon has been futile and that their overall goal is for Hezbollah not to respond or participate in the fighting. This is a component of our good fortune and balance of deterrence,” Nasrallah said.
Last week, several violent Israeli incursions on the Al-Aqsa Mosque compound triggered an escalation of violence in the region, dozens of rockets were fired from Gaza and 34 from Lebanon into Israel, and Israel responded with airstrikes.
The salvos included Lebanon’s largest since a 2006 war with Iranian-backed Hezbollah. They interrupted the Jewish Passover and sent citizens running to shelters. While Israel accuses the Palestinian militant organization Hamas of launching the rockets from Lebanon, no organization has claimed responsibility.
In his speech, Nasrallah added that Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu lied when he said Israel had struck targets belonging to Hezbollah and Hamas in southern Lebanon. “All they attacked were banana plantations,” he said. In response, a senior Israeli government official denounced the claim as “no more news from Nasrallah’s bunker. “
Nasrallah also said he did not intend to comment on the main points of the rocket attack because “our silence has sown confusion and fear in Israel, and Israel remains worried and does not know what awaits it. “
“[Israel] strikes almost daily in both Syria and Palestinian territory, so we in Hezbollah don’t want to make promises or reassuring messages. This is all part of the balance of deterrence that will need to be maintained. This is what prevented Israel from reacting. “
In his speech, Nasrallah denounced Netanyahu’s recent comments about the signing of Israel’s fuel deal with Lebanon, in which he criticized the country’s previous government for signing the deal, saying it was a deal with Hezbollah. Nasrallah under pressure from the prime minister personally threatening him, “So I tell him – come on, see you. “
The leader of the Lebanese militant organization ended with a stern warning: “Any attack in Lebanon that injures civilians or non-civilians; any attack anywhere in Lebanon, we will respond accordingly and without any hesitation. “
Hamas’s political leader in the Gaza Strip, Yahya Sinwar, said after Nasrallah’s speech: “We very much appreciate Hezbollah Secretary General Hassan Nasrallah’s comments about his commitment to Palestinians and holy sites, and Palestinians that other people will respect and recognize. “him. “
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