Hezbollah Vows to Expand Anti-Israel Front amid Escalation Threats
TEHRAN (Tasnim) – Lebanese resistance movement Hezbollah issued a warning, stating it would broaden its anti-Israel stance if the occupying regime intensified its aggression against Lebanon and Gaza.
The secretary general of Hezbollah, Seyed Hassan Nasrallah, made these statements during a televised speech at an event honoring Lebanon’s wounded and captured resistance fighters in Beirut on Tuesday.
Nasrallah commended the sacrifices of the resistance fighters, emphasizing that their actions have yielded significant achievements for the people and country.
He stated, “Our responsibility is to preserve these achievements.”
Regarding Israel's actions in Gaza and southern Lebanon, Nasrallah expressed, “The existence of Israel is a disaster for the entire region, and a fearful and deterred Israel represents a less dangerous situation for the region’s people.”
He added, “In light of the events in Gaza, it is in the national interests of Lebanon, Syria, Jordan, and Egypt that Israel be defeated in this battle.”
Nasrallah affirmed that the exchanges of fire in southern Lebanon would cease when the aggression against Gaza stops, asserting, “The resistance's role is to deter the enemy, and our responses will be proportionate.”
He emphasized, “Anyone who threatens to expand the war against us will face a similar threat.”
Nasrallah said, “The resistance today is stronger and more determined to confront the enemy.”
He further stated that hundreds of thousands of Israeli settlers displaced from the occupied territories' north would not be able to return in the event of an escalation.
Nasrallah described striking the Israeli-occupied territories in support of Gaza as a "moral and religious" duty for Hezbollah, saying, “What we see today is primarily a sincere response on moral and religious grounds.”
He added, “What we are doing on the Lebanese front is primarily a national responsibility to prevent Israel's victory.”
Nasrallah also criticized Israel's failure over the past few months of hostilities in Gaza, praising the steadfastness of the resistance fighters there.
“What is happening in Gaza must shake the conscience of all people in the world, and they must feel responsible for the humanitarian catastrophe.”
The current conflict began when Israel launched a war on October 7, 2023, following the surprise operation by Palestinian resistance groups in response to decades of Israeli aggression.
Since then, the regime has killed more than 28,000 people, primarily women and children, and injured over 68,000 in Gaza.
