‘Return home,’ Nasrallah declared return to normalcy in south Lebanon
“Benjamin Netanyahu is telling lies, but that’s okay, if it would allow him to do less crazy things,” said Hezbollah chief, who claimed that his party struck around Tel Aviv, which Israel denied.
Men gathered in a café in Beirut's southern suburbs to listen to a speech by Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah on Aug. 25, 2024. (Credit: Mahmoud Zayyat/AFP)
In a speech on Sunday evening, Hezbollah Secretary General Hassan Nasrallah said that his party concluded its retaliation to the assassination of its top military commander Fouad Shukur in Beirut’s southern suburbs at the end of July. He said that the “Arbaeen operation,” which came 40 days after the commemoration of the death of Imam Hussein, targeted the Gailot base, which is home to Spy unit 8200, on the outskirts of Tel Aviv. Israel has firmly denied such a thing.That, however, didn’t stop the Iran-aligned leader, who accused his enemy of telling lies, from saying that his operation has been a “great success” and even declaring an end to the episode opened after the Israeli attack in the capital. “Benjamin Netanyahu is telling lies ... but that’s okay, let him lie if it would mean he can do less crazy things,” he said. Read also...
In a speech on Sunday evening, Hezbollah Secretary General Hassan Nasrallah said that his party concluded its retaliation to the assassination of its top military commander Fouad Shukur in Beirut’s southern suburbs at the end of July. He said that the “Arbaeen operation,” which came 40 days after the commemoration of the death of Imam Hussein, targeted the Gailot base, which is home to Spy unit 8200, on the outskirts of Tel Aviv. Israel has firmly denied such a thing.That, however, didn’t stop the Iran-aligned leader, who accused his enemy of telling lies, from saying that his operation has been a “great success” and even declaring an end to the episode opened after the Israeli attack in the capital. “Benjamin Netanyahu is telling lies ... but that’s okay, let him lie if it would mean he can do less crazy things,” he...
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