A high-ranking official with Hezbollah says the Lebanese resistance movement will continue retaliatory strikes on the Israeli-occupied territories as long as the Tel Aviv regime presses ahead with its brutal assault against Palestinians in the Gaza Strip.
Speaking at a memorial ceremony in the southern suburbs of the capital Beirut on Tuesday, Sheikh Naim Qassem, Hezbollah’s deputy secretary-general reaffirmed the Lebanese resistance movement’s unwavering support for the Gaza-based resistance groups amid Israel’s war on the besieged territory.
“Hezbollah will continue striking the Israeli occupation sites on Lebanon border as long as the Zionist war on Gaza continues,” Qassem was quoted by Lebanon’s al-Ahed news website as saying.
“The pace of military operations in southern Lebanon is determined by the field, and the Zionists shouldn’t try their luck with escalation because the situation will be worse for them.”
He pointed out that Hezbollah, from the very beginning, announced that the Lebanese front would be supportive of Gaza, as it sees its support as a duty and in line with the interests of Palestine and Lebanon.
“What Hezbollah is doing is legitimate resistance and defense, and even a religious duty, because this enemy only understands the language of force in order to deter it and prevent it from achieving its goals now and in the future,” he added.
He also asserted that Hezbollah is “completely ready” for any border escalation, and that Lebanon’s southern front will remain open in support of Palestinians in the face of the Zionist aggression against Gaza.
Hezbollah and Israel have been exchanging fire since early October, shortly after the regime launched its devastating war on the besieged Gaza Strip following a surprise operation by the Palestinian resistance groups into the Israeli-occupied territories.
The movement has vowed to keep up its retaliatory operations as long as the regime sustains its warfare against the besieged Palestinian territory.
The Israeli aggression has so far killed at least 18,412 Palestinians, mostly women and children, and injured 50,100 others.
The Tel Aviv regime has also imposed a “complete siege” on the territory, cutting off fuel, electricity, food and water to the more than two million Palestinians living there.
