Nasrallah vows response to Dahieh strike, warns Israel against waging war
Hezbollah chief Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah on Wednesday described Israel’s killing of Hamas deputy head Saleh al-Arouri in an airstrike in Hezbollah’s stronghold of Beirut’s southern suburbs as “a major and dangerous crime.”
“We cannot overlook it and the matter does not need a lot of talking. It will not remain without a response or punishment and the battlefield and days and nights will prove this,” Nasrallah said, in a televised address marking the third anniversary of the assassination of top Iranian general Qasem Soleimani and top Iraqi militant commander Abou Mahdi al-Muhandis.
“Those who think of war with us will, God willing, regret it, and war with us will be costly. So far we have been taking Lebanese interests into consideration, but should war be waged on Lebanon, the Lebanese interests require that we go with the war to the end,” Nasrallah added.
“Until now, we have been fighting on the front with controlled calculations and that’s why we are paying a hefty price from the souls of our young men, but if the enemy thinks of waging a war on Lebanon, we will fight without restraint, without rules, without limits and without restrictions," Hezbollah’s leader warned.
“We do not fear war,” he stressed.
Addressing Hezbollah’s fighters in south Lebanon, Nasrallah said: “We salute and appreciate all those who are fighting on the border and we pride ourselves in them. We tell them that their blood and sacrifices will only have blessed results that will bring welfare to Lebanon, Syria, Palestine and the entire (Islamic) nation.”
“The resistance in Lebanon was not deterred on October 8 when it opened the front and it will not be deterred,” he emphasized.
Noting that Israel “has not been able to achieve a victory in Gaza for the past three months,” Nasrallah said “it tried to present a victory image yesterday through the assassination of Sheikh Saleh.”
He added that Israel is also not acknowledging “thousands” of casualties on Lebanon's front.
During nearly three months of fighting between Israel and Hamas in Gaza, the Israeli army has also been exchanging cross-border fire with Hezbollah, which is allied with the Palestinian militants and Iran.
Lebanese authorities and Hamas accused Israel of killing Salah al-Arouri in Beirut's southern suburbs on Tuesday along with six other Hamas operatives.
Israeli army spokesman Daniel Hagari did not directly comment on Arouri's killing but said the military was "highly prepared for any scenario" in its aftermath.
The attack sparked fears of a broader conflagration because Arouri is the most high-profile figure to be killed since fighting in Gaza began in October, and his death came in the first strike on the Lebanese capital since hostilities started.
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03 January 2024, 19:46
Nasrallah on yesterday's attack: This dangerous crime will not remain without a response and punishment and days and the battlefield will prove this.
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03 January 2024, 19:44
Nasrallah: We do not fear war and those who think of war with us will regret it.
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03 January 2024, 19:44
Nasrallah: Should the enemy think of waging a war on Lebanon, we will not abide by any rules.
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03 January 2024, 19:43
Nasrallah: What happened yesterday is very dangerous and this is first time Dahieh has been targeted since 2006.
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03 January 2024, 19:40
Nasrallah: The Americans told Israel that war with Lebanon would be costly.
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03 January 2024, 19:39
Nasrallah: The resistance's quick opening of the front stripped Israel of the surprise factor.
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03 January 2024, 19:36
Nasrallah: Our combat and operations have been very effective.
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03 January 2024, 19:36
Nasrallah: We opened the front on October 8 as a religious duty and to assist Gaza.
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03 January 2024, 19:31
Nasrallah: Al-Aqsa Flood has destroyed America's image.
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03 January 2024, 19:29
Nasrallah: Israel will not be able to impose its political will on Gaza.
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03 January 2024, 19:27
Nasrallah: Israel is not acknowledging the thousands of casualties on Lebanon's front.
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03 January 2024, 19:25
Nasrallah: Al-Aqsa Flood and what's happening on all fronts have undermined Israel's safe haven principle and hundreds of thousands have left occupied Palestine.
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03 January 2024, 19:24
Nasrallah to Israel's defense minister: You will not be able to achieve the war's goals.
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03 January 2024, 19:20
Nasrallah: Israel tried to present a victory image yesterday through the assassination of Sheikh Saleh.
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03 January 2024, 19:19
Nasrallah: Israel has not been able to achieve a victory in Gaza for the past three months.
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03 January 2024, 19:18
Nasrallah on departure of U.S. destroyer: The Americans have left the region without achieving a result.
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03 January 2024, 19:18
Nasrallah: The resistance in Lebanon was not deterred on October 8 when it opened the front and it will not be deterred.
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03 January 2024, 19:05
Nasrallah: We have been witnessing sacrifices and resilience for the past three months.
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03 January 2024, 19:04
Nasrallah: The challenge in the Red Sea was a major step.
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03 January 2024, 19:02
Nasrallah: The Axis of Resistance achieved victories in Lebanon, Iraq, Syria, Gaza and Yemen.
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03 January 2024, 18:47
Nasrallah: We salute and appreciate all those who are fighting on the border and we pride ourselves in them. We tell them that their blood and sacrifices will only have blessed results that will bring welfare to Lebanon, Syria, Palestine and the entire (Islamic) nation.
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03 January 2024, 18:38
Nasrallah: I offer congratulations and condolences over our brother, the grand commander Saleh al-Arouri, and those who were martyred yesterday in a blatant Zionist attack in Beirut's southern suburbs.
03 January 2024, 18:50
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How shameful- a Lebanese man praising foreign terrorists on his own soil. Why doesn't he move to Iran and take his concubines and followers with and join the revolutionary guards? I am ashamed to be Shiite and Lebanese.
03 January 2024, 19:49
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Israel is looking to open their northern front and are desperate for world sympathy! Hoping that Lebanon and Lebanese be spared this insanity.
03 January 2024, 21:42
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This man is risking Lebanon's survival to save face with those Iranian bastards. Little does he know that Israel will destroy Lebanon in one day along with him.
03 January 2024, 22:09
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Israel with thousands of casualties along the northen front???? LOL, absolutely made my day!!! How can this allegedly religious man blatantly lie to his followers. And hundreds of thousands of Israelis going to shrink because of this war. Really, have you counted? And what kind of victory would this be if it was true? This man is clutching at straws to save face.
04 January 2024, 12:36
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Northern occupied Palestine.
1. Wasn't Jesus born a Jew in Bethlehem.
2. Didn't he grow up as a Jew in Jerusalem and preach there.
3. Isn't he called to this day Jesus of Nazareth, which just happens to be a town in Northern Israel.
Proof that Jews were living in the whole area 2000+ years ago. So when exactly did they occupy it from the so-called Palestinians, or perhaps the "Arabs" which of course came much later from Arabia?
04 January 2024, 16:33
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You have no leg to stand on, the problem is not the Jews it's Zionism and bigots racists like Netanyahu.
Archaeologic and genetic data support that both Jews and Palestinians came from the ancient Canaanites, who extensively mixed with Egyptians, Mesopotamian, and Anatolian peoples in ancient times. Thus, Palestinian-Jewish rivalry is based in cultural and religious, but not in genetic, differences.
04 January 2024, 16:59
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Nasrallah: We opened the front on October 8 as a religious duty.
Nasrallah is confused, he thinks this is already The Islamic Iranian Province of Lebanon.
