Nasrallah: Hezbollah targeted Israeli regime's strategic depth
Hezbollah Secretay-General Seyyed Hassan Nasrallah said that the movement's retaliatory operation to avenge the martyrdom of senior commander Fuad Shukr targeted Glilot military spy near Tel Aviv as its main target.
EghtesadOnlien: At the start of his speech, Nasrallah commemorated the anniversary of Arbaeen. "Today is the fortieth anniversary of Imam Hussein (PBUH) on the 20th of Safar, who is a symbol of sacrifice, altruism, rejection of injustice and submission, and the title of the revolution until the Day of Judgment," he said.
He named the earlier today's military operation against Israeli military bases as "Arbaeen Operation."
Israel crossed all redlines in aggression against southern Lebanon, he said, noting that the Resistance in Lebanon did not target civilians in the occupied lands in its Arbaeen operation.
The Hezbollah's secretary general talked about the reason for the delay in taking revenge for Fuad Shukr martyrdom on the Zionist entity and said that Hezbollah sought to give opportunity to the Gaza ceasefire talks in an attempt to see an end to the Israeli genocidal aggression against the enclave.
Nasrallah said that the movement decided to target Glilot military spy base close to Tel Aviv. He said that despite the enemy's claims that it had shot down the drones, a large number of the drones crossed the border safely into Palestinian airspace and reached their specified targets.
The Hezbollah leader further said that Israel is covering up its losses in the Hezbollah operation.
He noted that the main targets were the spy bases and the air defense bases that were hit.
Nasrallah said that all the Hezbollah missiles targeted Israeli military sites rather than civilian targets.
He went on to refute claims by Israel that it hit Hezbollah missiles in pre-emptive attack, saying that the regime failed to hit any of Hezbollah strategic or ballistic missiles.
Hezbollah leader also noted that the Israeli pre-emptive strike did not have any impact on the movement's retaliatory strike.
The retaliatory operation went according to the plan, Nasrallah stressed, noting that all Israel came to a standstill due to Hezbollah's retaliatory operation.
The Hezbollah leader said at the end of his speech that the movement will not abandon the Palestinians in Gaza as it has done since October last year.
He declared that it is Hezbollah that will decide on any more retaliatory measures in the future. / Mehr