The statements of the leader of the Lebanese Shiite organization Hezbollah, Hassan Nasrallah, are fueling fears of further escalation in the Middle East.
According to him, his answer is “inevitable”. Iran to the blow inflicted on Israel against the Iranian consulate in Damascus, a raid that resulted in the death of 16 people.
It is recalled that the attack in Damascus killed the Supreme Commander of the Quds Force of the Revolutionary Guards (IRGC) Mohammad Reza Zahedi, as well as seven other members of the IRGC.
“Rest assured that the Iranian response to the blow to the consulate in Damascus is inevitable,” Hassan Nasrallah said in a televised address. “Where, how, when and on what scale the response will be, we are not obliged to ask,” he added, believing the decision rested with Tehran.
According to the head of the Lebanese armed group – which is an ally of Iran – the strike on the consulate is a turning point after the start of the war in the Gaza Strip between Israel and Hamas, which is already in its sixth month. The war began with the Palestinian movement’s attack on southern Israel.
Since then, Hezbollah has launched daily attacks against Israel from southern Lebanon in support of its ally, Hamas, and Israeli forces have been retaliating militarily, raising fears of a widening war.
Hezbollah “is not afraid of war and is fully prepared for any war” against Israel, Nasrallah warned in his speech to mark Al-Quds (Jerusalem) Day, observed every last Friday of Ramadan in solidarity with the Palestinians and against Israel.
At the same time, he warned that his organization has not yet used its “main weapons” in the daily exchanges of fire with Israel in recent months.
“We have not yet used our main weapons, nor have we used our main forces” in combat, he said.
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