Hezbollah says not low on missiles, Israel unable to occupy a single town

Hezbollah said on Monday that the Israeli military has been unable to occupy even a single village in Lebanon since launching cross-border ground operations in September.

"After 45 days of bloody fighting, the enemy is still unable to occupy a single Lebanese village," Hezbollah spokesman Mohammad Afif told a news conference in Beirut’s southern suburbs, which Israel has pounded with air strikes.

“Claims about a major decline in our missile stockpile are mere lies,” he added.

Commenting on recent remarks that accused Hezbollah of verbally attacking the Lebanese Army, Afif said: “We tell those who fought the army and killed its officers that they won't manage to sever the relation between the army and the resistance.”

He was apparently addressing the Lebanese Forces and its allies.

Afif stressed that “the enemy will not win the war through air superiority, raids and the killing of civilians including women and children.”

“We know that the cost is high and the price is great, but victory needs some patience,” he added.

As for the reports about progress in the political negotiations to end the war, Afif said: “There are major political efforts between Tehran, Washington and Moscow, but we have not received anything.”

“Lebanon has not received any specific proposals as to halting the aggression,” he clarified.

“The current talk about political efforts is due to the steadfastness of the resistance heroes in the battlefield,” he boasted.