In a televised address on Monday, Naim Qassem, the deputy secretary-general of Hizballah, said that the Lebanese resistance group was prepared for a long fight with Israel, which it would win.
This comes as Tel Aviv has informed the United States it is “planning a limited ground operation in Lebanon that could start imminently,” as reported by The Washington Post.
“We will not waver from our true and honorable positions,” Qassem said. “The Islamic resistance will continue to confront the Israeli enemy in support of Gaza and Palestine, while defending Lebanon and its people.”
Speaking three days after Israel’s assassination of Sayyid Hasan Nasrallah, the group’s legendary leader of three decades, Qassem offered his condolences to the Lebanese people.
“We lost a brother, a beloved [comrade], a father, a commander,” Qassem said.
He added that Hizballah had the structures and processes in place to select a replacement for Nasrallah, and would do so as soon as possible. ….more
