Hezbollah chief warns of response to Israeli attacks
Hezbollah chief Hassan Nasrallah says the group’s response to Israeli attacks will be strong and effective.
He was speaking in an address marking the one-week memorial of the group’s top military commander Fuad Shukr, who was killed in an Israeli strike on July 30 in Beirut’s southern suburbs.
Hezbollah, Iran ‘obliged to respond’ to Israel
We have more from Hezbollah chief Nasrallah’s televised address.
Here are the main talking points:
- Hezbollah and Iran are “obliged to respond” to Israel “whatever the consequences” after the killings of Shukr and Haniyeh.
- Iran “finds itself obliged to respond, and the enemy is waiting in a great state of dread”.
- Hezbollah will respond “alone or in the context of a unified response from all the axis” of Iran-backed groups in the region, “whatever the consequences”.
Hezbollah leader says group will respond but keeping Israelis waiting is part of ‘punishment’
https://www.cnn.com/2024/08/06/middleeast/hezbollah-leader-israelis-waiting-intl-latam/index.html
Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah said his group will respond to Israel “regardless of the consequences” to avenge the assassination of the group’s top commander a week ago, but keeping Israelis waiting is “part of the punishment.”
“Their government, their army, their society, their settlements and their occupiers are all waiting,” Nasrallah said. Keeping Israel waiting is “part of the battle,” he added.
Loud sonic booms from Israeli jets circling over central Beirut were heard ahead of Nasrallah’s speech which is held to commemorate the group’s top commander, Fuad Shukr, who was assassinated one week ago. A CNN team felt the building shake and saw the jets fire several flares.
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“We might all respond at the same time, or maybe it’s better in the [resistance] axis for each [group] to respond in the way that suits them and with the targets they choose,” Nasrallah said.
