The
Islamic resistance in Lebanon
has enormous capabilities and can strike Israel from
Kiryat Shmona
, in the Upper Galilee, to
Eilat
, on the Red Sea.
Hezbollah
leader
Hasan Nasrallah
said this today
in a televised address.
Let's not use civilians as human shields, Nasrallah said, commenting on the fact that at least seven civilians were killed in the Israeli raid on Thursday morning in southern Lebanon.
Israel has repeatedly accused Hezbollah of hiding its weapons and fighters among civilians.
"We try as much as possible not to involve civilians in the fighting, it is a principle we have followed for more than twenty years," Nasrallah said.
Surrender leads to submission, to humiliation, to slavery, to contempt for our parents, for our children, for our honor.
We will not give up, added Nasrallah, according to whom Israel's goal is to establish a pure Jewish state, expelling all Palestinians not only from Gaza, but also from the West Bank and the 1948 territories.
"We respond to escalation with escalation", added Nasrallah, according to whom yesterday the salvo of Katiyscia and Falaq rockets fired on the Israeli barracks of Kiryat Shmona, in the Upper Galilee, is a first response to the Nabatiye massacre of civilians carried out by Israel yesterday morning.
Nasrallah then attacked the American administration, calling it "responsible for every drop of blood shed in the region", and accusing Israel of being an instrument of implementation.
“If right now the United States stopped arming and supporting Israel, (Israeli) aggression would immediately cease, whether Netanyahu likes it or not,” Nasrallah said.
"Those who insist on the objective of eliminating Hamas are America rather than Israel," added the Lebanese leader.
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