Hezbollah Deputy Secretary General Sheikh Naim Qassem stressed on Tuesday that the Lebanese resistance group’s chain of command is fine and that its military capabilities are solid, as he vowed that the resistance will emerge victorious against the Israeli enemy.

In a televised speech via Al-Manar on the first anniversary of Operation Al-Aqsa Flood, Sheikh Qassem affirmed that Hezbollah is not frightened by the alliance of the Israeli enemy with the United States and some European countries.

He addressed Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu who vowed to bring the Zionist settlers back to northern occupied Palestine by saying: ‘Many more (settlers) will be displaced.’

Sheikh Qassem lashed out at the US for being key partner in the war which is aimed at eliminating the Axis of Resistance and exterminating the Palestinian people.

He said that the Operation Al-Aqsa Flood is an exceptional event and the beginning of change in the Middle East.

The Hezbollah deputy chief hailed the resistance in Gaza as ‘legendary
and capable of withstanding more and more’.

‘We Are Not Scared’

Sheikh Qassem said that the alliance of the Israeli enemy along with the US and some European countries doesn’t frighten the Lebanese resistance.

He said that the Zionist entity and the Western countries have been trying to ‘put fear’ into the Lebanese resistance group after the assassination of Secretary General Sayyed Hasan Nasrallah, ‘but it’s not working.’

‘We are the sons of Axis of Resistance’s Master of Martyrs Sayyed Hasan Nasrallah,’ the Hezbollah deputy chief said, as he praised the martyred S.G. for putting ‘fear in the hearts of the Zionists and fighting the criminals of the occupation’.

He hailed Operation Al-Aqsa Flood as ‘an extraordinary and exceptional event which represents the beginning of change in the Middle East… and the first step for change’ towards freedom for the Palestinians.’

Sheikh Qassem noted that the Israeli enemy’s goal ‘was to completely eliminate the Axis of Resistance and exterminate the Palestinian peopl
e,’ stressing that the Israeli crimes against Palestinian women, children and elderly are unparalleled in the history.

In this regard, he hailed the Palestinian resistance in Gaza as legendary, noting that and ‘it’s capable of withstanding more and more.’

Sheikh Qassem stressed that the US is a key partner in this aggression, as well as some European countries.

He said Lebanon has been under aggression, noting that Netanyahu has repeatedly declared that he wants a ‘new Middle East.’

Resistance’s Determination Firm

Sheikh Qassem said that the Lebanese front ‘has exhausted the enemy throughout 11 months and has displaced tens of thousands of Israeli settlers.’

‘This war has never and will never affect our determination to confront the Israeli aggression.’

He stressed that Hezbollah fighters in the battlefield are solid, and that the command is coherent.

‘Netanyahu says that the settlers will return to the north and we tell him that many more will be displaced.’

Sheikh Qassem warned the Israeli enemy th
at ‘the longer the war continues; the more difficult impasse Israel will face.’

‘We are striking the enemy and expanding the range of fire, we will reach any place at the time we decide according to our plan. We are steadfast and we will emerge victorious.’

Meanwhile, Sheikh Qassem praised Lebanese Speaker Nabih Berri, stressing that Hezbollah and Amal Movement are ‘one heart in good times and bad.’

‘We fully trust our ‘big brother’ Speaker Nabih Berri,’ his eminence said.

He stressed: ‘We are the people of the battlefield and we will never beg for a solution.’

‘This war is a war of who screams first and we will not scream, we will continue and we will offer sacrifices, you will hear the enemy screaming, God willing.’

Hezbollah Chain of Command Fine

On the other hand, Sheikh Qassem reassured that the resistance’s chain of command is fine, noting that there is no vacant position in Hezbollah.

‘I tell you that the chain of command is operating strictly regular and we have overcome the painful blows that
have been inflicted on us.’

‘We don’t have a vacant position, all positions are filled and Hezbollah is working with full readiness and regularity,’ he added.

He affirmed, meanwhile, that the resistance group ‘will elect a new secretary-general and will announce it once it has been done.’

‘Everything that the martyred leaders had, their assistants and replacements have copies of,’ his eminence reassured.

Solid Military Capabilities

Sheikh Qassem affirmed that Hezbollah’s ability to resist Israel’s military is intact.

‘Our military capabilities are fine. What our enemies say about our fighting capabilities is an illusion. They are lying.’

‘Our fighters on the front line are solid. The Israeli plan is to kill Lebanese civilians and empty villages to cause chaos. But I tell them, your efforts are a failure.’

He noted that the Israeli ground incursion in southern Lebanon began a week ago, stressing that the Israeli army has yet to advance.

The Hezbollah deputy chief stressed that the resistance fighters
are fully ready to engage in face-to-face battles with the Israeli enemy forces.

‘We will neither abandon our positions, nor hand over our weapons,’ stated Sheikh Qassem.

Sheikh Qassem’s speech is the second since martyrdom of S.G. Sayyed Hasan Nasrallah in a flagrant Israeli strike on Beirut’s southern suburb, Dagiyeh, on September 27.

On September 30, Sheikh Qassem said that Hezbollah was using the minimum of its capabilities, voicing full readiness for all scenarios.

Source: National news agency – Lebanon