Hassan Nasrallah leader of Hezbollah welcomes Hamas’s 7 October strike and claims Hezbollah’s operations are growing.
Hezbollah’s leader has promised “realistic escalation” in cross-border warfare with Israel.
Hassan Nasrallah told a regional audience that Hezbollah had not fully joined the Israel-Hamas war but warned of border fighting.
The US, Israel’s biggest backer, advised Hezbollah and Iran not to become involved and sent warships to the Mediterranean, which Nasrallah said “will not scare us”.
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The US national security council spokesperson stated, “We and our partners have been clear: Hezbollah and other actors—state or non-state—should not try to take advantage of the ongoing conflict.”
Nasrallah applauded Hamas’ four-week-old southern Israel strike that killed over 1,400 people at Beirut’s Ashura Square gathering. He denied his group’s involvement and said the incident “was purely the result of Palestinian planning and implementation”.
Hezbollah Applause on Yemen and Iraq:
Nasrallah applauded Yemeni and Iraqi groups, part of the “Axis of Resistance,” that have shot drones at Israel and Shia Muslim Iraqi militias that have fired at US soldiers in Syria and Iraq, as Hezbollah “joined the battle.”
Despite Netanyahu’s warning that Hezbollah would “pay dearly” for challenging Israel, Nasrallah said activity was rising “day by day.”
Hezbollah wanted to tie down Israeli troops in Gaza and said northern escalation was a “realistic possibility”.
The region awaited Nasrallah’s speech to see if the Israel-Hamas conflict would escalate into a regional war amid regular battles across Israel’s northern border with Hezbollah and other organizations in
Since the war began, Hamas partner Hezbollah has planned measures to keep Israel’s soldiers busy on the Lebanon border, but not to start a fight.
The Israeli military reported seven military and one civilian death on the northern border on Friday. Over 50 Hezbollah members, 10 allied terrorists, and 10 civilians—including a Reuters journalist—died on the Lebanese border.
The Israelis”biggest threat is Iran-backed Shia militant group Hezbollah, which has 150,000 rockets, missiles, drones, and surface-to-air and surface-to-sea missiles.
Southern Lebanon, the eastern Bekaa Valley, and Beirut’s southern suburbs were lost to Hezbollah’s 34-day 2006 tie with Israel.
A new battle would uproot hundreds of thousands of Hezbollah followers and devastate Lebanon’s four-year economic turmoil.
Hezbollah Speech:
Northern Israel’s border villages, which had seen mass migration in recent weeks, grew tense hours before Nasrallah’s speech.
The bomb shelter entrance sign at Kfar Giladi, a kibbutz 2km from Lebanon, reads “No entry to Radwan,” according to Hezbollah’s commando force. The kibbutz house guard wore military fatigues at the gate.
I disregard his words. He’s terrorist.“What he won’t say is ‘peace on earth’,” claimed Kibbutz-born mechanical engineer Nimrod Sharabi before Nasrallah’s speech.
Sharabi’s wife and family moved to the Netherlands, unsure if the border would be quiet enough to return. Fighting might last months. No idea. Our government stinks. Very weak, he said.
To defend his childhood kibbutz, 28-year-old Tom Cohen flew back from Australia. A rocket that hit Kiryat Shmona Thursday night flew over. Engine fires were evident. Evacuating the entire kibbutz is weird. Even throughout the 2006 war, people stayed. Everyone feels targeted following what happened in the south on October 7.”
His family fled to Tiberias. “What happened in the south caused a lot of fear,” he said. Liability for the Lebanon fire made half the kibbutz inaccessible. Everyone anticipated the speech, but it’s a prank. We know Nasrallah’s principles. Hisbollah is a terrorist. Giving Hezbollah time to strengthen was our mistake.”
Missile Attack:
Following the second direct missile hit on a structure last week, Kiryat Shmona became much emptier. Soldiers strolled into the woods while an armored personnel carrier and Humvees patrolled.
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