Nasrallah vows to obliterate all of Israel’s tanks if they enter Lebanon

Hezbollah chief Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah on Wednesday pledged that his group’s fighters would wipe out the Israeli army’s tanks should they invade Lebanon in any future war.

Commenting on the Israeli army’s disclosure that it is suffering from a shortage of tanks due to the war in Gaza and the conflict with Hezbollah, Nasrallah said: “If your tanks come to Lebanon and its south, you will not suffer from a shortage of tanks, because you will no longer have tanks.”

As for Israel’s deadly strikes on civilians in south Lebanon, Nasrallah warned Israel: “If you continue to target civilians, the resistance will target settlements that have not been targeted until now.”

The Hezbollah leader was speaking in a televised address marking the last day of the Ashoura commemorations.

“Our front in Lebanon will not be deactivated as long as the aggression with its various forms continues against Gaza and its people,” he reiterated.

Commenting on media reports concerning the Lebanese front, Nasrallah said: “Everything that is being rumored about a ready agreement for the situation on the Lebanese front is incorrect and the future of the situations in the south will be decided based on the results of the battle, in which the resistance and the supporting fronts will triumph.”

“Should there be a ceasefire, the side concerned with the negotiations and giving answers will be the Lebanese state,” not Hezbollah, Nasrallah added.

“We will rebuild our frontline villages and they will become more beautiful than they were,” he went on to say.

Hezbollah has traded almost daily fire with Israeli forces in support of ally Hamas since the Palestinian militant group's October 7 attack on Israel triggered war in the Gaza Strip.

In Lebanon, the cross-border violence since October has killed 511 people, mostly fighters but also including at least 104 civilians, according to an AFP tally.

On the Israeli side, 17 soldiers and 13 civilians have been killed, according to authorities.

The violence, largely restricted to the border area, has raised fears of all-out conflict between the foes, who last went to war in the summer of 2006.