Hezbollah Deputy Secretary General Naim Qassim called on Israelis to accept a ceasefire in Lebanon or face “pain” as the Lebanese group shifts its strategy to attack Israel harder.
“The solution is a ceasefire. We are not talking from a position of weakness. If the Israelis don’t want [um cessar-fogo]we will continue [a lutar]”, he warned.
The statement comes two days after the group carried out its deadliest attack on Israel since the start of the war, when it struck a military base near Haifa, killing four soldiers and injuring about 60 people.
If a ceasefire is reached, Israelis will be able to return to their homes in the north of the country, Qassim highlighted, while also warning that without a truce, more citizens will be displaced “and more than 2 million people will be in danger.” any time, any time or day.”
Benjamin Netanyahu’s government last month added the return of displaced residents in the north of the country as a war objective.
“Exceptionless” attacks
Naim Qassim said Hezbollah’s response to Israeli attacks in Lebanon now includes attacking any area inside Israel, “without exception.”
“As the Israeli enemy targets all of Lebanon, we have the right, from a defensive position, to strike any point within the Israeli entity, whether in the center, north or south. We will choose the point we consider appropriate”, he pointed out.
Hezbollah’s top official further commented that despite the “hard blows” his group suffered following pager and walkie-talkie attacks last month, it remains strong.
Qassim also taunted the Israeli military over what he suggested were limited gains in its ground operation in Lebanon.
Understand the escalation in conflicts in the Middle East
Iran’s missile attack on Israel on October 1 marked a new stage in the regional conflict in the Middle East. On one side of the war is Israel, with support from the United States. On the other, the Axis of Resistance, which receives financial and military support from Iran and which has a series of paramilitary groups.
There are seven conflict fronts currently open: the Islamic Republic of Iran; Hamas, in the Gaza Strip; Hezbollah, in Lebanon; the Syrian government and the militias operating in the country; the Houthis, in Yemen; Shia groups in Iraq; and different militant organizations in the West Bank.
Israel has soldiers on three of these fronts: Lebanon, the West Bank and the Gaza Strip. In the other four, it carries out aerial bombings.
The Israeli Army began a “limited ground operation” in Lebanon on September 30, days after Israel killed Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah in a bombing of the group’s headquarters in the Beirut suburb.
The Israel Defense Forces say they have killed virtually the entire Hezbollah chain of command in similar bombings carried out in recent weeks.
On September 23, Lebanon had its deadliest day since the 2006 war, with more than 500 fatalities.
At least two Brazilian teenagers died in the attacks. Itamaraty condemned the situation and called for an end to hostilities.
With the increase in hostilities, the Brazilian government announced an operation to repatriate Brazilians in Lebanon.
In the West Bank, the Israeli military is trying to dismantle groups opposed to Israel’s occupation of Palestinian territory.
In the Gaza Strip, Israel seeks to eradicate Hamas, responsible for the October 7 attack that left more than 1,200 people dead, according to information from the Israeli government. The Israeli operation killed more than 40,000 Palestinians, according to the enclave’s Ministry of Health, controlled by Hamas.
Hamas leader Yahya Sinwar remains hidden in tunnels in the Gaza Strip, where dozens of Israelis kidnapped by Hamas are also believed to be in captivity.
This content was originally published in Deputy chief Hezbollah says Israel must choose between ceasefire and “pain” on the CNN Brasil website.
Source: CNN Brasil
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