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<h1 class="gmail-reader-title">Sayyed Nasrallah: Lebanese front contingent on Gaza; all options open</h1>
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<div class="gmail-moz-reader-content gmail-reader-show-element"><div id="gmail-readability-page-1" class="gmail-page"><p>Hezbollah's Secretary-General discusses the most important regional developments on the "Day of the Wounded."</p><img src="cid:ii_lsks6z2a0" alt="58e35ab6-59f2-410b-9d4b-3c7ffd3d5db8.png" width="444" height="370"><br><div><ul id="gmail-content-slick-0"><div aria-hidden="false"><li>
An illustration of the Secretary-General of Hezbollah,
Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah (Al Mayadeen English; Illustrated by Batoul
Chamas)
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<p>Speaking at a ceremony honoring the wounded and detained members of
the Resistance, the Secretary-General of Hezbollah, Sayyed Hassan
Nasrallah, highlighted the great victories and achievements that the
movement has fulfilled thanks to the sacrifices offered by thousands.</p>
<p>This year's event coincides with a brutal ongoing Israeli aggression
on the Gaza Strip, from which Sayyed Nasrallah started his address
regarding developments.</p>
<h2>Hezbollah's operations are in support of Palestine</h2>
<p>Tuesday marks the 130th day of war on Gaza, in which the people of
the besieged Strip remain steadfast in the face of occupiers. </p>
<p>Hezbollah's leader said that this "legendary steadfastness and
heroism amount to a miracle, with utmost patience that is unparalleled
in history," contrasting the occupation's continued "policy of impotence
and failure."</p>
<p>Maintaining that Hezbollah launched military operations in support of
Palestine on October 8, the Secretary-General explained, "What we are
doing in Lebanon in supporting Gaza is an honest response to the moral
and religious responsibility incumbent on each of us."</p>
<p><strong>Read more: <a href="https://english.almayadeen.net/news/politics/israeli-academic--nasrallah-put-to-action-battlefield-unity">Israeli academic: Nasrallah put to action battlefield unity with Gaza</a></strong></p>
<h2>Confronting 'Israel' is in the region's interest</h2>
<p>"What is happening to the people of Gaza must shake the conscience and shake the conscience of every person in the world."</p>
<p>On Hezbollah's role in resisting and defeating the occupation in
Lebanon, Sayyed Nasrallah stressed that "Israel" is the root of all
"crises in the region, and Lebanon’s history bears witness to that."</p>
<p>A "strong Israel" poses a threat to the region, while a "deterred and frightened Israel" eases the situation.</p>
<p>"In light of what is happening in Gaza, the national interest of the
countries of the region comes [even] before the Palestinian interest,
which is for Israel to be defeated," Sayyed Nasrallah stressed.</p>
<p>"Opening the Lebanese front with the occupation [promoted Lebanon's]
national interest primarily to prevent an Israeli victory," he added.</p>
<h2>On the Lebanese political scene</h2>
<p>"The problem is that some people consider that what we are doing on
the Lebanese front is useless, and this is disastrous," the leader said,
referring to local critics of Hezbollah's <a href="https://english.almayadeen.net/news/politics/sayyed-nasrallah-receives-pij-leader-to-discuss-gaza-develop">continued support for Palestine</a>.</p>
<p>"Some are mute, blind, and deaf," the Resistance leader said, in
reference to Lebanese political movements that still oppose the path of
resisting the occupation.</p>
<p>Ridiculing others who have held on to the decisions of international
institutions, Sayyed Nasrallah said these people are "hopeless".
However, he did stress the need to hold discourse with others who are
willing to listen and engage in rational discussions.</p>
<p>"The division over the [policy on] Israel has existed in Lebanon
since the establishment of the occupying entity," Sayyed Nasrallah
explained, stressing that both Lebanese "Christian and Muslim martyrs"
confronted the Israeli occupation.</p>
<h2>Sayyed Nasrallah salutes the residents of South Lebanon </h2>
<p>Speaking about the residents of South Lebanon, particularly border
villages, Sayyed Nasrallah maintained that they are the ones "who bear
the primary burden in the confrontation on the Lebanese front."</p>
<p>"A large number of martyrs are from the [border villages of South
Lebanon]," he stressed, adding that "the [people of] border villages
making these sacrifices express the true will of the overwhelming
majority, and it is a matter that transcends sectarian belonging."</p>
<p>"The people of the border villages presented their homes to the
Resistance despite knowing that they would be destroyed," Sayyed
Nasrallah said, vowing that they "would be rebuilt better than they
were."</p>
<p>"The insistence of the people of these border villages on holding
funeral processions for their family members in the presence of [large
crowds] and burying their martyrs in their land is an expression of
their [steadfast] choice [of supporting the Resistance]," the Lebanese
Resistance leader stressed.</p>
<h2>Western, Arab envoys to Lebanon adopt Israeli interests</h2>
<p>Highlighting the importance of the Resistance's actions in South
Lebanon, Sayyed Nasrallah said, "The occupation entity reckons with
Lebanon because of the Resistance, and the world sends delegations [to
the country] because of the <a href="https://english.almayadeen.net/news/politics/hezbollah-carries-out-7-operations-against-iof--mourns-two-f">[active] southern front</a>."</p>
<p>"Western envoys visiting Lebanon have one goal, which is to protect
"Israel" and ensure that their settlers to the north," Sayyed Nasrallah
said, in reference to dozens of diplomats who visited Lebanese officials
in order to stop the Resistance from carrying out its obligations
toward Palestine.</p>
<p>"Delegations visiting Lebanon are trying to intimidate us so as not to support Palestine," the leader revealed.</p>
<p>"These delegations are ignoring any discussions and are content with
presenting Israel's proposals to Lebanon," aimed at pushing back
Hezbollah's force beyond the Litani River. </p>
<p>"The front in South Lebanon is [meant to produce] pressure, support,
and participate in defeating the enemy and weaken it until the
aggression [on Gaza] stops," Sayyed Nasrallah stressed.</p>
<p>He further explained that Western and Arab diplomatic initiatives
have attempted to push Lebanon to "make [political] concessions in
advance" in return for sheer promises.</p>
<p>He reiterated, "The political gains that are being waved at us...
will not affect us and will not make us stop [our operations]."</p>
<p><strong>Read more: <a href="https://english.almayadeen.net/news/politics/-israel--preparing-for-all-options-when-it-comes-to-hezbolla">'Israel' list its demands regarding Lebanon to Hochstein: Report</a></strong></p>
<h2>'Israel' is weak, Lebanon must set additional conditions</h2>
<p>On the current situation of the Israeli entity, Hezbollah's leader
underlined that "the enemy is not in a position to impose conditions on
Lebanon, but rather it is weak and in crisis," calling on the "Lebanese
side to set additional conditions [on mediated discussions] other than
the implementation [of UNSC] Resolution 1701." </p>
<p>"No matter how much you threaten us, we will not yield, and even if
you wage war on us, we will not stop [carrying out operations on] the
southern front until the aggression against Gaza stops," the Lebanese
Resistance leader emphasized.</p>
<h2>'Everyone must take security precautions'</h2>
<p>Moving on to local <a href="https://english.almayadeen.net/news/politics/israeli-drone-strikes-civilian-car-in-lebanon-s-bent-jbeil">security-related issues</a>
that affect all the people of Lebanon, Sayyed Nasrallah dedicated a
portion of his speech to discuss the dangers of the unchecked use of
smartphones.</p>
<p>The Hezbollah Secretary-General explained that the Israeli enemy is
using the information it collects from social media and public posts to
mine information regarding Resistance fighters and leaders. He cautioned
every person with knowledge regarding a family member or a friend
against sharing any piece of information that confirms the status of the
person of interest to the Israeli occupation.</p>
<div><p>"It should be noted that some social networking sites provide
free information to the enemy," Sayyed Nasrallah said, adding, "The
enemy exploits social media information to undermine the Resistance and
eavesdrop on smartphones."</p><p> "Extreme caution must be taken regarding information that is sent via smartphone devices," he insisted.</p></div>
<p>In this context, he explained that collaborators have been sidelined
and replaced with people's smartphones, which have become a "deadly
agent" that the occupation utilizes.</p>
<p>He also pointed to the use of CCTV cameras connected to the Internet,
saying that home or shop owners must disconnect these cameras from all
Internet access, as the occupation's cyberwarfare units hack into them
and collect valuable information.</p>
<h2>We are ready to respond equally to escalation </h2>
<p>In response to the threats of the Israeli Minister of Security, Yoav
Gallant, Sayyed Nasrallah said, "If you do not want to stop the war with
us, then you are welcome [to carry it on]."</p>
<p>"When the enemy stops the war on Gaza, we will return to the
[previous] equations we had established, and our responses will be
proportionate [to the effect of the attacks]."</p>
<p>"If the enemy carries out its threats against us, it must realize that the hundred thousand <a href="https://english.almayadeen.net/news/politics/with-radwan-force-on-border--we-are--sitting-ducks---israeli">who left the north will not return</a>," he promised.</p>
<p>Commenting on threats to expand the war, Sayyed Nasrallah said that Hezbollah will follow suit if the aggression escalates.</p>
<p>"The Resistance today is more certain, determined, and prepared to confront the [Israeli] enemy," the leader concluded.</p>
<h2>The wounded, detained are an integral part of the Resistance</h2>
<p>On today's occasion, the Secretary-General of Hezbollah confirmed
that the wounded of the Resistance are an integral of those offering
sacrifices, "whom we highly cherish," side by side with the detainees
who “spent long days in prison.”</p>
<p>In this context, Sayyed Nasrallah highlighted that "we still have a
number of outstanding cases with the enemy," such as the cause of the
Lebanese detainee in Israeli occupation prisons, Yahya Skaff.</p>
<p>"These wounds and the spilled blood paved the way for many real
achievements for our people and our country," he said, stressing that
"our responsibility is to preserve these achievements."</p>
<p>Hailing their indispensable role, the Resistance leader said that
"the injured and detained freedom fighters are the ones most worthy of
ensuring that these achievements are preserved, because they are
partners in them, and the Resistance is part of their existence and
dignity."</p>
<p>The Secretary-General of Hezbollah also stressed that "our prisoners
today, thank God, were all liberated thanks to the Resistance’s
sacrifices," pointing out that the strength and power that the Axis of
Resistance enjoys nowadays on many fronts are among the results of the
victory of the Islamic Revolution in Iran.</p>
<p>On the occasion of the victory of the Islamic Revolution in Iran,
Sayyed Nasrallah congratulated "the brothers in the IRGC on their day,"
stressing that "truly, and from the beginning, they constituted a true
advocate and strong supporter for all Resistance movements."</p>
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