Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah promised Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu “surprises” after more than seven months of fighting along the Lebanese-Israeli border.
Addressing Netanyahu during a televised speech in tribute to Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi, who died in a helicopter crash along with several of his companions, Nasrallah said: “The resistance surprised you on October 8 … You should expect more surprises.”
“Netanyahu is going to a dead end and leading the opposing front to a historic and significant victory. Neither your deception nor the pressure of your masters will help you, and this resistance will continue. We have always been transparent about the fact that when we go into battle, we have clear goals and we said that our first goal is to support Gaza and the second is to prevent any aggression against Lebanon,” Nasrallah said.
Nasrallah’s threat came in response to statements made earlier by the Israeli prime minister while visiting the army’s Northern Command headquarters.
Netanyahu told the soldiers that Tel Aviv had “detailed, important, even surprising plans” to deal with Hezbollah.
“But I don’t share those plans with the enemy,” he said, adding that he has two goals: to restore security in northern Israel and allow the displaced to return home.
“Netanyahu wants people to believe that he knows how to manage psychological warfare. But even in Israel, former Defense Minister Avigdor Lieberman told him: ‘Habibi, with which army are you planning to go to South Lebanon?'” Hezbollah’s number one joked.
Hezbollah opened a front with Israel on October 8 in support of Hamas. The Israeli military has been striking deeper and deeper into Lebanon, targeting Hezbollah officials – but killing more than 60 civilians in the process.
In recent days, Hezbollah has stepped up its attacks on military positions in northern Israel, using drones and new types of weapons, Klix.ba reports.
