“The solution is a ceasefire. I am not speaking from a position of weakness, because if Israel does not want it, we will continue” with the attacks, warned Naïm Qassem.
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The number two of the Lebanese Shiite movement Hezbollah, Naïm Qassem, declared this Tuesday to Israel that “the solution” for the return of the displaced to their homes is “a ceasefire” and threatened, otherwise, to attack the neighboring country. “everywhere”. .”
In a speech recorded and broadcast on the pro-Iran movement channel, Naïm Qassem announced a “new equation”, with Sunday’s attack on a military base south of Haifa, the deadliest by Hezbollah on Israeli soil since the escalation of the conflict on record. almost a month ago. back.
Qassem is the leader”Actually” of Hezbollah since its secretary general, Hassan Nasrallah, was assassinated by Israel on September 27, and this is the third time he has spoken out since his death.
“The solution is a ceasefire. I do not speak from a position of weakness, because if Israel does not want it, we will continue” with the attacks, Naïm Qassem warned, insisting: “We will not be defeated, because this is our land.”
“After the ceasefire, under the terms of an indirect agreement, the Israelis “will be able to return to the north.” [do país] and the next steps will be decided,” said the number two of the powerful Lebanese militia party.
In contrast, If “the war continues, the desert areas will be more numerous”with hundreds of thousands or even two million [de israelitas] who will find themselves in danger,” he continued.
For more than a year, Israel and Hezbollah, an ally of the Palestinian Islamist movement Hamas, have been carrying out cross-border shootings, which turned into an open war more than three weeks ago.
Since September 23, at least 1,315 people have been killed in Lebanon, according to a count by the French news agency AFP based on official data, and more than a million have been forced to leave their homes.
Hezbollah now claims to be engaged in “hand-to-hand combat” with Israeli troops in southern Lebanon.
Israel, for its part, intensified aerial bombing of Lebanon, particularly in the south and east of the country and in the southern suburbs of Beirut, historical strongholds of the Shiite group.
“While the Israeli enemy bombards the entire Lebanon, we have the right, in a defensive position, to attack the Israeli enemy entity everywhere: in the center, in the north and in the south,” Qassem further threatened.
“We will choose the place that we consider appropriate,” he continued, referring to the recent attacks on Tel Aviv and Haifa that create, in his opinion, “a new equation, that of the suffering of the enemy.”
Source: Observadora
