Hezbollah leader warns Israel of ‘extensive damage’ in case of military attack on Lebanon

Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah made the remarks on Wednesday, addressing a rally held in the Lebanese capital Beirut on the occasion of Ashura, which commemorates the martyrdom anniversary of Imam Hussein (AS), the third Shia Imam.

“If your tanks come to Lebanon and south Lebanon, you will not have a shortage of tanks, as you will no longer have any tanks left,” he said.

Hezbollah and the Israeli regime have been exchanging deadly fire since early October last year.

The firefight began after the regime launched a genocidal war against the Gaza Strip that came following al-Aqsa Storm, a surprise operation by Gaza’s resistance groups.

Hezbollah has vowed to keep up its retaliatory attacks as long as the Israeli regime continued its war on Gaza, which has so far killed over 38,700 Palestinians, mostly women and children.

Nasrallah noted how Hezbollah’s operations had exacted a heavy toll on the regime.

“The toll includes 9,254 individuals, among them officers and soldiers, with 3,000 amputees, 650 paralyzed, 185 completely blind, and several thousands suffering severe psychological trauma,” he said.

“Our front in Lebanon will remain active as long as the aggression against Gaza, its people, and its resistance continues in all its forms,” Nasrallah asserted.

In the same context, he cautioned that potential continuation of the regime’s aggression against Gaza would prompt the Lebanese resistance to start targeting “new Israeli settlements that were previously untouched.”

Hezbollah’s leader noted how resistance groups hailing from Yemen and Iraq had joined launching similar retaliatory operations against the regime.

Elsewhere in his remarks, Nasralleh held the United States fully responsible for the deadly aggression that was being waged by the regime against Gaza, citing Washington’s unreserved arms support for Tel Aviv.