Hezbollah Leader on Failure and Desperation of Occupiers After 100 Days of Resistance
On January 14, Hezbollah Secretary General Sayyed Hasan Nasrallah, speaking at a memorial service for senior Hezbollah commander Wissam Tawil, assassinated by Israel on January 8, spoke to the situation in the region with U.S. and Israeli threats to expand their aggression. Below is Al Manar's coverage of his speech.
Epic Steadfastness
Sayyed Nasrallah praised the Palestinian people and resistance in Gaza as saying: "100 days have passed and Gaza is still holding out. Gaza has been showing an epic steadfastness that is unparalleled in the history."
He pointed to the Zionist entity's policy of media blackout, especially regarding the Israeli casualties and losses.
"Israel in this war on Gaza is more restrictive and secretive than any other war. Political commentators, analysts and experts agree that Israel is mired in failure."
In this context, Sayyed Nasrallah stressed that the Zionist entity has failed to achieve both the implicit and explicit goals of the war on Gaza.
"The implicit goals of the Israeli war are to occupy Gaza, displace the Gazans and to turn the enclave into a beach for the Israeli settlers in Gaza envelope."
"The Israeli enemy was neither able to eliminate the resistance in Gaza, nor able to eliminate the Hamas government. It is still fighting in Gaza City and Khan Yunis."
"One hundred days into the war, rockets are still being fired from northern Gaza towards Tel Aviv and settlements in Gaza envelope," his eminence said, referring to Gaza resistance's ability to control the battle.
Unprecedented Israeli Losses
Sayyed Nasrallah noted that the Israeli occupation has been covering up its casualties and losses in Gaza since this will lead to a great frustration and cause low morale within the Israeli army and settlers.
"The enemy is still fighting to secure some achievements before moving to the third phase of the war in which it will redeploy its forces."
His eminence cited Israeli media reports that talked about 4,000 soldiers who have become disabled.
"The Israeli media reports that 4,000 soldiers are now disabled, and that the number could reach 30,000. Brothers and sisters, if this is the case, how many Israeli soldiers have been killed or injured?!"
"According to numbers and figures, the Israeli human cost on all fronts is unprecedented."
On the other hand, Sayyed Nasrallah noted that the legal case against the Zionist entity at the International Court of Justice (ICJ) "defames the image of the occupation regime and exposes the moral decline of the West over its support to Israel."
Aggression on Yemen a "Folly"
Meanwhile, the Hezbollah Secretary General said that the U.S. and its Western allies worked to thwart the fronts which have been opened in Lebanon, Yemen, Syria and Iraq in support of Gaza.
"The recent aggression on Yemen represents foolishness of both the U.S. and the UK, as it also shows U.S.' contradiction. While Washington calls for not expanding the war, it is doing so. If Biden and his administration think that Yemen will retreat after the aggression, then they are wrong, suspicious, and ignorant."
He affirmed, in this context, that the U.S. aggression won't stop the Yemeni attacks on Israeli ships and ships bound for the Zionist entity.
"The U.S. aggression will harm the security of maritime navigation in the Red Sea, which will turn into a battlefield, and this is stupidity in itself."
"Biden and his administration will find out that they have committed a folly by staging aggression against Yemen."
Sensitive Haifa Target Hit
Sayyed Nasrallah, furthermore, revealed that according to information obtained by Hezbollah, a sensitive target in Haifa was targeted by a cruise missile fired by the Islamic Resistance in Iraq.
"The Islamic Resistance in Iraq struck Haifa with a cruise missile, but the Israeli occupation kept the issue a secret."
Strike on Israel's Meron Military Base
Talking more about the Israeli media blackout on war losses, Sayyed Nasrallah gave another example, by revealing that the Israeli media claimed that Hezbollah struck Meron base, in retaliation for Israeli assassination of Hamas senior official Sheikh Saleh Al-Arouri, with only 40 rockets.
"As the Israeli media reported that only 40 rockets were fired from Lebanon towards Meron base, we confirm that Hezbollah fired 62 rockets and missiles towards the base. Forty of these were Katyusha rockets, while the other 22 were Kornet missiles," Sayyed Nasrallah said, affirming that 18 out of 22 missiles hit the base inflicting casualties and huge losses upon the Israeli enemy.
Defeated Brigades
Hitting back at U.S. and Israeli threats for Lebanon, Sayyed Nasrallah said that similar threats have been made since the start of the war and that they were futile, wondering: "Will they be fruitful now following 100 days of failure and exhaustion?!"
He recalled the epic victory secured by the resistance in Lebanon during the 2006 July war, saying: "Though the Israeli army was fully prepared during July War, it was defeated."
"The one who should fear the war in Lebanon is 'Israel' and the Israeli settlers. As for the resistance in Lebanon, we have been ready for the war for 99 days, we are not afraid of it. We fear nothing, and we will fight without limits and without borders."
"They threaten us with defeated brigades in Gaza, we say: Hello and welcome."
Sayyed Nasrallah then warned the U.S. by saying: "The U.S. which presents itself as a neutral player that is keen on Lebanon's interests has to be concerned about the fate of its puppet in the region, Israel."
He concluded his statement by stressing that there will be no talks to calm the front in Lebanon before the war on Gaza ends, noting that this also applies on other fronts that erupted in Yemen, Iraq and Syria in support of Gaza.
"Our stance is clear that the front in Lebanon is to support Gaza, and its goal is to stop the aggression on Gaza. The U.S. and the UK, which approached the region, will hear one stance in Yemen, Lebanon, Syria and Iraq: Stop the war on Gaza."
(Al Manar. Slightly edited for style by TML.)
This article was published in
Volume 54 Number 6 - January 22, 2024
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