Sayyed Nasrallah: Let the fighting be on the battlefield
Al-Manar TV
Hit Beirut and we will hit Tel Aviv; stop bombarding Lebanese territories and we will stop bombarding your settlements; let the fighting be on the battlefield; it is war and we are the men of this war
Hezbollah Secretary General Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah on Thursday vowed that Islamic Resistance fighters would strike at Israel's capital of Tel Aviv if Beirut was hit by air strikes. "All the Lebanese territory is already the target of the Israeli bombardments ... but this threat is against Beirut, if you bombard our capital we will bombard the capital of your aggressive entity," Sayyed Nasrallah said in a televised speech. The Secretary General was referring to threats to attack Beirut by Israeli Chief of Staff Dan Halutz. Sayyed Nasrallah added: "The Islamic resistance is capable of striking with the quantity and the depth that is required and at the time it is asked to do it." His eminence scoffed at Ehud Olmert, "the most stupid" prime minister in Israel, who was "killing women and children, because he has complexes and wants to prove that he is a great leader." He also criticized the "criminal" US administration which was responsible for Israel's "massacres" in Lebanon."Whatever the results of this war, Lebanon will not fall to America or Israel, and will not be part of the New Middle East," which the US administration was calling for," he said.
His eminence also said that Israel made two major military achievements in Lebanon, the first is the massacres it committed against children and women and the second is the special commando unit that made a landing at the empty hospital of Al-Hekmeh in Baalbek. Sayyed Nasrallah vowed that "the bombardment on the northern Israeli settlements will continue, in increased quantities and stronger arms." He added "when we bombard the settlements, it is a reaction, and any time you decide to stop bombarding our villages, we will not hit your settlements. We will fight you face to face on the battlefield, "we are the men of this war." "You have no other choice but political settlement," he said.
Hezbollah's Secretary General denied claims that the Israeli army was "controlling" regions of southern Lebanon in its incursions and battles in the region."The battles are on the frontlines and the villages of the frontlines, the Islamic Resistance fighters are fighting to the last bullet and the last soul. The enemy is counting on the policy of lies maybe because it is its nature or maybe because it is part of the psychological war; any claims of controlling territories are not true and lies," he said.
Sayyed Nasrallah hailed the fighters' heroic confrontations at the frontlines in the face of battalions, elite troops, parachutists, armored tanks of the Israeli army, and under intense air cover. He said Hezbollah respected the 48-hour lull this week by halting bombardments on northern Israeli settlements, although Israeli air strikes continued on Lebanon. But Israel, his eminence added, understood the halt as a weakness on the part of Hezbollah. "This only meant that the resistance maintained complete control, it proves that there is a leadership and that there is a base which receives and executes orders. Proof to this is that as soon as the lull was over, the Islamic Resistance fired in just one day over 300 missiles." Sayyed Nasrallah also denied that the five people captured by an Israeli airborne commando near the eastern city of Baalbek on Wednesday were Hezbollah members. "They are not prisoners or war, they are hostages, they should be freed unconditionally and without any prisoners' exchange," he said. His eminence said that the Israelis suffered a major intelligence failure as they made a landing at the empty hospital of Al-Hekam and captured five civilians because "they carried my family name." He confirmed that his guerrillas hit a SAAR 4.5 Israeli warship off the coasts of the southern port city of Tyre on Monday, but that fog had prevented them from filming the attack. Link
db: Nasrallah is calling for both sides to cease attacks on civilian areas. He also states "you have no other choice but political settlement.." In a world free from the influence of neocons and delusional world leaders - who see 'birth pangs' in the killing - and 'opportunity' in the devastation - these remarks would be seen as a possible basis for dialogue and a means of limiting the immediate carnage. What is clear however is that our leaders do not consider the preservation of innocent life a priority - always they must have nothing less than a clear 'victory' - and will not stop the killing until they 'prevail' - hence in Iraq, in Afghanistan, in Gaza, in Lebanon, it just goes on and on.
Hit Beirut and we will hit Tel Aviv; stop bombarding Lebanese territories and we will stop bombarding your settlements; let the fighting be on the battlefield; it is war and we are the men of this war
Hezbollah Secretary General Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah on Thursday vowed that Islamic Resistance fighters would strike at Israel's capital of Tel Aviv if Beirut was hit by air strikes. "All the Lebanese territory is already the target of the Israeli bombardments ... but this threat is against Beirut, if you bombard our capital we will bombard the capital of your aggressive entity," Sayyed Nasrallah said in a televised speech. The Secretary General was referring to threats to attack Beirut by Israeli Chief of Staff Dan Halutz. Sayyed Nasrallah added: "The Islamic resistance is capable of striking with the quantity and the depth that is required and at the time it is asked to do it." His eminence scoffed at Ehud Olmert, "the most stupid" prime minister in Israel, who was "killing women and children, because he has complexes and wants to prove that he is a great leader." He also criticized the "criminal" US administration which was responsible for Israel's "massacres" in Lebanon."Whatever the results of this war, Lebanon will not fall to America or Israel, and will not be part of the New Middle East," which the US administration was calling for," he said.
His eminence also said that Israel made two major military achievements in Lebanon, the first is the massacres it committed against children and women and the second is the special commando unit that made a landing at the empty hospital of Al-Hekmeh in Baalbek. Sayyed Nasrallah vowed that "the bombardment on the northern Israeli settlements will continue, in increased quantities and stronger arms." He added "when we bombard the settlements, it is a reaction, and any time you decide to stop bombarding our villages, we will not hit your settlements. We will fight you face to face on the battlefield, "we are the men of this war." "You have no other choice but political settlement," he said.
Hezbollah's Secretary General denied claims that the Israeli army was "controlling" regions of southern Lebanon in its incursions and battles in the region."The battles are on the frontlines and the villages of the frontlines, the Islamic Resistance fighters are fighting to the last bullet and the last soul. The enemy is counting on the policy of lies maybe because it is its nature or maybe because it is part of the psychological war; any claims of controlling territories are not true and lies," he said.
Sayyed Nasrallah hailed the fighters' heroic confrontations at the frontlines in the face of battalions, elite troops, parachutists, armored tanks of the Israeli army, and under intense air cover. He said Hezbollah respected the 48-hour lull this week by halting bombardments on northern Israeli settlements, although Israeli air strikes continued on Lebanon. But Israel, his eminence added, understood the halt as a weakness on the part of Hezbollah. "This only meant that the resistance maintained complete control, it proves that there is a leadership and that there is a base which receives and executes orders. Proof to this is that as soon as the lull was over, the Islamic Resistance fired in just one day over 300 missiles." Sayyed Nasrallah also denied that the five people captured by an Israeli airborne commando near the eastern city of Baalbek on Wednesday were Hezbollah members. "They are not prisoners or war, they are hostages, they should be freed unconditionally and without any prisoners' exchange," he said. His eminence said that the Israelis suffered a major intelligence failure as they made a landing at the empty hospital of Al-Hekam and captured five civilians because "they carried my family name." He confirmed that his guerrillas hit a SAAR 4.5 Israeli warship off the coasts of the southern port city of Tyre on Monday, but that fog had prevented them from filming the attack. Link
db: Nasrallah is calling for both sides to cease attacks on civilian areas. He also states "you have no other choice but political settlement.." In a world free from the influence of neocons and delusional world leaders - who see 'birth pangs' in the killing - and 'opportunity' in the devastation - these remarks would be seen as a possible basis for dialogue and a means of limiting the immediate carnage. What is clear however is that our leaders do not consider the preservation of innocent life a priority - always they must have nothing less than a clear 'victory' - and will not stop the killing until they 'prevail' - hence in Iraq, in Afghanistan, in Gaza, in Lebanon, it just goes on and on.
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