Hezbollah Secretary General Hassan Nasrallah delivering his speech on Aug. 1, 2024. (Credit: al-Manar/AFP)
Hassan Nasrallah announces retaliation, but not war. In his first speech since the assassination of Fouad Shukur, a senior Hezbollah commander, on Tuesday, the party's Secretary-General stated that the response to this "aggression against the southern suburb of Beirut is not negotiable." "Laugh now, but you will weep soon," he said addressing Israel, asserting that they will be "punished" for the assassination of Shukur as well as Ismail Haniyeh, the Hamas leader killed in Tehran a few hours later. "We are considering a real response, not a symbolic one," he emphasized. However, he made sure to clarify that "the resistance fights with anger, but also with wisdom."Right from the start, Nasrallah announced that after this tumultuous week, the ongoing clashes with Israel since Oct. 8 "have gone beyond being a simple support front." "It is...
Hassan Nasrallah announces retaliation, but not war. In his first speech since the assassination of Fouad Shukur, a senior Hezbollah commander, on Tuesday, the party's Secretary-General stated that the response to this "aggression against the southern suburb of Beirut is not negotiable." "Laugh now, but you will weep soon," he said addressing Israel, asserting that they will be "punished" for the assassination of Shukur as well as Ismail Haniyeh, the Hamas leader killed in Tehran a few hours later. "We are considering a real response, not a symbolic one," he emphasized. However, he made sure to clarify that "the resistance fights with anger, but also with wisdom."Right from the start, Nasrallah announced that after this tumultuous week, the ongoing clashes with Israel since Oct. 8 "have gone beyond being a simple support front." "It is...
