The speech of the Secretary-General of Hezbollah, His Eminence Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah, during the honoring ceremony on the occasion of the Day of the Wounded, topped the Lebanese newspapers published today, Wednesday, February 14, 2024, addressing the positions expressed by His Eminence regarding the Lebanese Front supporting Gaza and its resistance, where he stressed that the threats, intimidation, and even launching… The war will not stop the southern front, and stopping it is linked only to stopping the aggression against Gaza, noting that “if the enemy carries out his threats, he must realize that the 100,000 settlers who left the north will not return, and prepare shelters for more than two million settlers, not 100,000.”
In terms of developments in the negotiations to stop the Gaza war, the Lebanese newspapers focused on the quartet meeting held in Cairo, which included the Director of Egyptian General Intelligence, Major General Abbas Kamel, the Director of the CIA, William Burns, the Director of the Mossad, David Barnea, and the Qatari Prime Minister. Muhammad bin Abdul Rahman, to complete the discussion on the “framework agreement” that was reached in Paris, amid the Palestinian resistance’s insistence on its position to end the war on the Gaza Strip, while sources spoke of the enemy’s retreat from what was approved of its participation in the Paris meeting, and its intransigence regarding stopping the aggression. And his insistence on invading Rafah and displacing those there.
Construction| (Sayyed) Nasrallah: Our front will continue until the end of the Gaza war
The resistance forces continued to inflict more human and material losses on the occupation army, especially on the southern Lebanon and Gaza fronts, while the occupation army continued to target civilians. As for the situation, the words of the leader of the Ansar Allah movement in Yemen, Mr. Abdul Malik al-Houthi, were decisive in terms of Yemen continuing to escalate its support for Gaza through… Strict implementation of its procedures and mobilization of capabilities sufficient to achieve the goal, which is to prevent Israeli ships heading to the entity’s ports, as well as British and American ships, from crossing the Bab al-Mandab Strait and the Red Sea, calling on all countries of the world that are not included in the ban list not to worry about the safe passage of their ships.
The Secretary-General of Hezbollah, Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah, spoke on the day of a wounded and captive Hezbollah, outlining the framework of the Lebanon Front movement in support of Gaza and its resistance, according to an equation that there is no room for modification, which is no discussion of the arrangements for the status of the south before the war on Gaza ends, and the Lebanon Front will continue its role as a support front until… Achieving this goal, no matter the pressures, no matter the offers, and no matter how many delegates come and go; As for what comes after stopping the war on Gaza and in response to the threats of the entity’s leaders, especially what its Minister of Defense, Yoav Galant, said about continuing the war on the southern front even if the war on Gaza stopped, Mr. Nasrallah said that the Lebanon front will stop if the war on Gaza ends, If the occupation continues to open fire, then the resistance is ready to accept the challenge in kind and in proportion to the level and extent of the fire. If it expands, it expands, and if it raises, it will be removed. But if it wants war, the resistance does not fear it and will fight it with full confidence and certainty in its ability to achieve victory.
The Secretary-General of Hezbollah, Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah, affirmed that “opening the Lebanese front with the occupation constituted a national interest primarily to prevent the victory of Israel,” and said: “The problem is that some consider that there is no point in what we are doing on the Lebanese front; This is disastrous. There are parties that have prejudices, regardless of the achievements and victories, and describe what is achieved as an imaginary achievement.”
He added: “In internal sessions, those who have prior positions acknowledge the achievements, but publicly they do not. Despite the resistance’s defeat of the invincible occupation army, some argue the feasibility of resistance. This group that claims that “international law protects us” and disputes the feasibility of resistance is “hopeless.”
Nasrallah stressed that we must “make sure that this debate does not lead to sectarian conflicts.” This matter is in the interest of “Israel” and not in the interest of the nation and national dignity.”
He announced that “the occupation entity holds a thousand accounts for Lebanon because of the resistance, and the world sends delegations because of the southern front.”
He believed that “this experience today has stabilized the scales of deterrence and proven that Lebanon has a deterrent force,” declaring that “the visits of Western envoys to Lebanon have a single goal, which is to ‘protect Israel’ and return the settlers to the north.” He said: “Western delegations do not address in their papers any matter related to the aggression and crimes that are happening in Gaza. They demand the implementation of the measures they want. They do not address the issue of the occupied territories, Zionist attacks, and other matters. Rather, they focus on “Israel’s security.”
He added: “Western delegations that use Israeli statements are trying to intimidate us. The front in southern Lebanon is a front of pressure, support, and participation in defeating the Israelis and weakening them until they reach the point where they are convinced that they must stop their aggression against Gaza.
He addressed the delegates and those he sent: “Exercise intimidation as much as you want, for this will not affect us, and even waging war will not stop our operations,” considering that “the Israeli is in crisis and is not in a position to impose conditions.” Sayyed Nasrallah called on the official Lebanese position to “place additional conditions on 1701 and not implement the resolution.” He said: “Lebanon is in a strong and proactive position and can impose conditions.” He pointed out that Resolution 1701 does not protect Lebanon, but rather the equation of a “people’s resistance army” protects the country.
He said: “Whoever threatens us with expanding the war, we will expand if he expands,” and if he thinks that the resistance might feel fear, he is completely suspicious. If the enemy carries out his threats against us, he must realize that the 100,000 who left the north will not return, and when the enemy stops the war on Gaza, we will return to the equations that existed, and our responses will be proportionate.”
Nasrallah confirmed that when the aggression and ceasefire in Gaza stop, the shooting in the south will stop.
In this context, Nasrallah stressed that “the cell phone is a listening device,” calling on “our brothers in the border villages and throughout the south, especially the fighters and their families, to abandon their cell phones in order to preserve and protect the blood and dignity of the people,” stressing that “the cell phone is a deadly agent who provides information.” Specific and deadly.
He explained that “the Israelis do not need to plant agents on the roads, as cameras connected to the Internet monitor all the roads,” noting that “these cameras must be cut off from the Internet, because leniency in this matter contributes to more martyrs and losses and exposing the front to the enemy.”
News| Israel demolishes the “Paris Paper”: for a temporary truce with the previous conditions
Yesterday, the Cairo meeting ended without any serious positive progress. On the contrary, a negative atmosphere prevailed after it became clear that the enemy had backed down even from what it had agreed to participate in the Paris meeting. The Israeli delegation concerned with the negotiations left, returning from Cairo to Tel Aviv, yesterday evening, without any delegation from the Hamas movement arriving in the Egyptian capital to participate in the talks. It seemed clear that the participation of the aforementioned delegation, which was sent by the Israeli Prime Minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, and who included with him his “appointed” special advisor, instead of the person in charge of the prisoner file in the army, was, in fact, “a courtesy and in response to the request of (US President Joe) Biden,” according to what was stated. The Hebrew “Channel 13” reported it from an Israeli official. This fact indirectly demonstrates the weakness of the American pressure that Biden claims to be exerting on Netanyahu, as after the latter responded to the former’s pressure, he sent a delegation to Cairo, but to prevent a deal from being reached, and not to advance it. This was despite repeated messages from Biden, in which he demanded that Netanyahu soften his position and conditions regarding the alleged deal. According to what the Axios website quoted officials as saying, “Biden informed Netanyahu that Israel may have to release more prisoners for every hostage,” but “Netanyahu confirmed that Israel is ready to release 3 prisoners for every hostage, as happened in the previous deal.” ». The website noted that “Biden agrees with Netanyahu that Hamas’s demand to release thousands of prisoners is exaggerated,” but it explained that the president “believes that Israel must show more flexibility in the prisoner exchange file.”
According to sources familiar with the negotiations who spoke to Al-Akhbar, the Israeli delegation brought to Cairo a proposal that undermines the “Paris Paper,” which is based on “a one-stage deal that includes all civilians in addition to female soldiers, according to the formula of one Israeli prisoner, in exchange for 3 Palestinian prisoners.” “With the uncertain possibility of slightly increasing the number of Palestinian prisoners.” The delegation also stressed that “there is no ceasefire, but only a temporary truce, during which aircraft flights will stop for only 6 hours a day, as in the previous truce,” offering “an increase in humanitarian aid to the Gaza Strip, without the army withdrawing except from crowded areas.” While maintaining fixed checkpoints, and preventing the movement of civilians between the south, center and north of the Strip.” The sources also reported that “the Americans asked for more time to complete the negotiations.”
The above is consistent with what Amos Harel indicated, in a report published by the Haaretz newspaper, in which he stated that “the formula of the deal that was agreed upon two weeks ago in Paris (the release of the kidnapped persons and the bodies in three stages in exchange for the release of many Palestinian prisoners and a long ceasefire) The fire) crystallized at the initiative of Israel, and mediators were recruited to push it forward, only to discover later that Netanyahu was not concerned with it, and that he had chosen an amazing turn. This was also confirmed by information published by the Kan channel, which reported that “Netanyahu rejected a proposal to conclude an exchange deal prepared by the leaders of the Mossad, Shin Bet, and the army.”
As for “the threat of an operation in the southern Gaza Strip,” that is, Rafah, it – according to Harel – “may constitute a pressure tool on Hamas, in the hope that it will be lenient in the negotiations,” but at the same time it “also helps in diverting the media discussion from the fact that communications appear to be stuck.” Meanwhile, not only because of Hamas’ extremist demands, but also because Netanyahu does not show any willingness to get the cart out of the mud.” In the same context, follow-up sources report that “the Israeli army is not mobilizing combat brigades near Rafah, nor has it mobilized reserve soldiers, and most of its combat units are still in Khan Yunis.” This “does not mean that the attack on Rafah will not happen, but it is unlikely that it will.” “It will be imminent, as Netanyahu is trying to show during his statements.” The sources point out that “it is not far-fetched that the enemy proposed a one-stage deal only, with a temporary truce lasting about 6 weeks, aiming to complete the necessary preparations for a large military operation in Rafah. Civilians may be transferred from the area of supposed operations, and villages may be established.” They have tents in other areas of the Gaza Strip, during this truce, which the enemy believes will give him more time and freedom to work later, and will relieve him of political pressures.” Yesterday, a report in Politico magazine quoted American officials as saying that “the Biden administration does not plan to punish Israel if it launches an attack in Rafah that does not guarantee the safety of civilians.”
In the meantime, the United States is continuing the long path of deception, neglecting the negative facts, and busy inflating empty balloons, about progress in negotiations or serious opportunities to stop the war, or even plans and conditions to stop the major killing, which has been continuing for more than 4 months, against children and women in the Gaza Strip. Gaza. In this context, the US State Department said yesterday evening that the administration “believes that a prisoner exchange agreement between Israel and Hamas is still possible,” while Secretary of State Anthony Blinken indicated that “(we) are doing what we can to return all the kidnapped people to their homes.” Their families,” adding: “We are working with Egypt and Qatar on a proposal that will lead to the release of the remaining hostages in Gaza.”
As for Tel Aviv, the Army Chief of Staff, Herzi Halevy, claimed that his army “has achieved extraordinary military achievements, but unfortunately they have come at a high price,” adding, “(We) have been fighting for 4 months, and the road is still ahead of us.” Halevy stressed that “the army will return to the northern Gaza Strip and wherever terrorism exists.” But the most prominent thing he pointed out is that “the war has changed. It was difficult in the beginning, and now we have turned to attack,” which means that the security level does not see any room to stop military operations, not even to change their form and pattern, and it still believes that it is in the offensive phase. Contrary to what was being promoted, the Israeli army would move to the third stage in the entire Gaza Strip soon.
On a parallel line, the leader of the Yemeni “Ansar Allah” movement, Mr. Abdul Malik Al-Houthi, said in a speech yesterday that “there must be continued serious action against the barbarism of the Israeli enemy, with its preparations for the comprehensive aggression and ground invasion of Rafah,” stressing the keenness to “ We will continue our position, and even move toward escalation in light of its continued aggression against the Gaza Strip.” Al-Houthi added: “We say to all the countries of the world: We are targeting ships linked to the Israeli enemy, and the American and British were involved in the aggression against our country,” adding that “We have no intention of targeting the submarine cables connecting to the countries of the region.”
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2024-02-14 06:03:58
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