Nasrallah reiterated his promise to take revenge for the killing of Hamas deputy chief al-Arouri, saying Hezbollah “cannot remain silent.”
The head of the Lebanese armed group Hezbollah has said that all of Lebanon will be exposed if the group does not respond to the assassination of Hamas deputy chief Saleh al-Arouri in Beirut this week.
Prime Minister Hassan Nasrallah, in his second televised address in less than a week, reaffirmed that Hezbollah “cannot remain silent about violations of this level.”
“This means that all of Lebanon, every city, village and person will be exposed,” he said on Friday.
“The murder of al-Arouri… will surely end without reaction and punishment,” he added.
Al-Arouri was killed on Tuesday in an alleged Israeli attack on the southern outskirts of Beirut, a Hezbollah stronghold.
Nasrallah’s comments came as Lebanon filed a complaint with the United Nations Security Council over al-Arouri’s assassination, calling it the “most dangerous phase” of Israel’s attack on the country.
Reuters cited a Jan. 4 document saying Israel used six missiles in the attack that killed al-Arouri, adding that Israel was using Lebanese airspace to bomb Syria. Ta.
This is not the first time Prime Minister Nasrallah has promised revenge. He warned Israel on Wednesday against escalating the war if it chooses to launch a war against Lebanon, saying there is “no ceiling” and “no rules” for his group’s fight. .
“Anyone who thinks of going to war with us will, in a word, regret it,” Prime Minister Nasrallah said.
“670 Military Operation”
Al Jazeera’s Imran Khan, reporting from Beirut, said Nasrallah reiterated his promise of retaliation.
Prime Minister Nasrallah said al-Arouri’s killing “will not go unanswered and unpunished,” and said Hezbollah fighters “will act in the right place and at the right time, and the field will respond,” Khan said. said.
Prime Minister Nasrallah also said, “We are fully aware of the location of Israeli military positions,” and that the Israeli side has not “disclosed the true number of casualties or the state of destruction of equipment,” the correspondent said. added.
In his remarks, the Hezbollah leader said Lebanon and Israel’s southern border was a “key part” of the war, and that his group’s current operations along the border were “a historic step for Lebanon to liberate land occupied by Israel.” He said it has opened up “opportunities”.
He added that the Islamic resistance movement in Iraq also has a “historic opportunity” to eliminate the US presence in the country.
Nasrallah added that Hezbollah fighters have carried out some 670 military operations on the Lebanese-Israeli border, and that the group has destroyed “a large number of Israeli vehicles and tanks.”
He also said that if the Israeli military was able to achieve its military goals in Gaza, it would turn to Lebanon.
Clashes have continued between Israeli forces and Hezbollah along the Israel-Lebanon border since October 8, the day after Israel launched a war in the Gaza Strip, with dozens of Lebanese civilians and more than 140 Hezbollah soldiers killed. A member has died.
Israel and armed groups in southern Lebanon, particularly Hezbollah, frequently cross the border, which is monitored by the United Nations.