Gallant says Israel has 'more surprises in store' for Hezbollah

Hezbollah is receiving “very severe blows, one after the other,” Israeli Defense Minister Yoav Gallant said on Friday.

“We eliminated (Hezbollah chief Sayyed Hassan) Nasrallah and we have more surprises in store, some of which have already been carried out and some of which will be carried out,” he added, during a visit to the 36th Division’s headquarters in northern Israel. The division’s troops are operating in southern Lebanon.

“(Hezbollah’s) missile and rocket division suffered a very heavy blow. A significant part was destroyed as a result of a high-quality and precise operation. Command and control headquarters, communications, the entire leadership of [the elite Radwan Force], and in fact the entire second and third tiers of command below Nasrallah were eliminated,” Gallant continued.

Gallant added that the Israeli army is “carrying out an operation today in several villages (in south Lebanon), and this process will continue wherever necessary to destroy all the infrastructure from which Hezbollah planned to carry out attacks.”