AhlulBayt News Agency (ABNA): A senior Hezbollah official says that the Lebanese resistance movement is impervious to Israeli threats and remains determined in its fight in favor of Palestinians in the besieged Gaza Strip until achieving goals.
Vice President of the Executive Council of Hezbollah Sheikh Ali Damoush made the remarks on Sunday, stressing once again that Hezbollah’s decision to continue with the battle front in support of the blockaded Palestinian territory will remain unchanged until the goals are met.
“The resistance will never accept any change to the rules of engagement or the breaking of existing equations. The more the enemy persists in its aggression and expands its attacks, the more the resistance will increase its response and broaden its operations. The recent Israeli escalation and the threat of preparing for new offensive moves within Lebanon will not alter our stance, change our equations, or divert us from the field,” he said.
“Escalation will only be met with escalation. We are a people who do not fear threats or intimidation, as we are people of action, work, struggle, and steadfastness. We have confidence in God's promise of victory and are certain that victory will come with His help and guidance,” Damoush emphasized.
The Israeli regime has repeatedly attacked southern Lebanon since October 7 last year, when it launched a genocidal war on Gaza. In retaliation, Hezbollah has launched near-daily rocket attacks on Israeli positions.
The fighting has forced the evacuation of tens of thousands of Israeli settlers from the northern part of the occupied territories, amid rocket fire and shelling carried out by Hezbollah and allied Palestinian groups.
Damoush further stressed that the occupying entity would not be able to return the settlers to their homes, “no matter how loud the cries are, except in one way, and that is: Stop the aggression against Gaza.”
Back in April, Israeli media outlets reported that the number of settlers that had evacuated the area as a result of Hezbollah’s operations stood at a staggering 62,000, with 40 percent of the evacuees considering not returning to the region.
Israeli prime minister Benjamin “Netanyahu is caught between the blows of resistance in Gaza and Lebanon, and the internal pressures and divisions, as well as the cries of settlers in the north. He doesn’t know how to extricate himself from the predicament he’s entangled in and is unable to achieve the victory he desires due to the steadfastness and tactics of the resistance, which have placed his army in a real war of attrition, Damoush added.
"Whenever the army withdraws from a location in Gaza, the resistance returns to it with even greater strength. The latest innovations and decisions of this beleaguered and defeated army include not entering the tunnels for fear of killing their captives,” he further said.
The high-ranking Hezbollah official further stressed that “the incapable and failed Israeli army, which has not been able to recover its captives by force over the course of eleven months, will not be able to retrieve them no matter how long the war lasts, except through an agreement that respects the conditions of the resistance.”
Earlier, Sheikh Nabil Qaouk, deputy head of the executive council of Hezbollah, said the resistance is capable of devising new equations in the region, stressing that the Tel Aviv regime has no other choice but to stop its aggression against Gaza.
“The Zionist regime is weakening day by day, while the power of the resistance is expanding in terms of defensive and combat capabilities, as well as at the military and political levels,” he added.
Hezbollah has already fought off two Israeli wars against Lebanon in 2000 and 2006. The resistance forced the regime to retreat in both conflicts.
The Palestinian Health Ministry says the number of Palestinians killed in the Israeli onslaught on Gaza since early October last year is now close to 41,000, mostly women and children.
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