Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah warned Saturday that the Lebanese Shiite militant group had a stockpile of rockets that could reach every part of neighboring Israel.
Speaking in a televised address on the 10th anniversary to the ending of the Second Lebanon War, Nasrallah said that Israel hadn't carried out significant attacks in Lebanon since because it was deterred by the war.
The Hezbollah chief said that the 2006 conflict forced Israel to think of new strategies of dealing with the militant group.
In the summer of 2006 Israel and Hezbollah fought a bloody war that lasted 34 days and led to the deaths of 1,200 people in Lebanon, mainly civilians, and 160 Israelis, mostly soldiers.
The 2006 conflict erupted when Israel retaliated for a cross-border raid in which Hezbollah captured two Israeli soldiers and killed three, and quickly spiralled into a fully fledged war.
Hezbollah fired thousands of rockets into northern Israel, which carried out devastating strikes across Lebanon.
Many people in Israel considered the massive ground and air war on Lebanon to be a failure because it did not halt Hezbollah rocket fire or recover the two captured soldiers.
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said last month that Israel would respond with an "iron fist" if attacked, in a speech marking 10 years since the start of the devastating conflict with Hezbollah.
Netanyahu described the war as "a clash between an extremist terror organisation with an Islamist ideology and a free democratic Israel".
"We are in a global battle. We are aware of the nature of the threats we face, and are preparing for any scenario," he said at a ceremony at the Mount Herzl military cemetery in Jerusalem.
"If the quiet is kept, those facing us will enjoy quiet. But if the need arises, we will respond to aggression -- and the response will be powerful. Whoever thinks they will find 'spider webs' here will get... an iron fist."
The Israeli premier was alluding to a 2000 speech by Nasrallah, in which he called the Jewish state "feebler than a spider's web."
[i24news.tv]
13/8/16
Speaking in a televised address on the 10th anniversary to the ending of the Second Lebanon War, Nasrallah said that Israel hadn't carried out significant attacks in Lebanon since because it was deterred by the war.
The Hezbollah chief said that the 2006 conflict forced Israel to think of new strategies of dealing with the militant group.
In the summer of 2006 Israel and Hezbollah fought a bloody war that lasted 34 days and led to the deaths of 1,200 people in Lebanon, mainly civilians, and 160 Israelis, mostly soldiers.
The 2006 conflict erupted when Israel retaliated for a cross-border raid in which Hezbollah captured two Israeli soldiers and killed three, and quickly spiralled into a fully fledged war.
Hezbollah fired thousands of rockets into northern Israel, which carried out devastating strikes across Lebanon.
Many people in Israel considered the massive ground and air war on Lebanon to be a failure because it did not halt Hezbollah rocket fire or recover the two captured soldiers.
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said last month that Israel would respond with an "iron fist" if attacked, in a speech marking 10 years since the start of the devastating conflict with Hezbollah.
Netanyahu described the war as "a clash between an extremist terror organisation with an Islamist ideology and a free democratic Israel".
"We are in a global battle. We are aware of the nature of the threats we face, and are preparing for any scenario," he said at a ceremony at the Mount Herzl military cemetery in Jerusalem.
"If the quiet is kept, those facing us will enjoy quiet. But if the need arises, we will respond to aggression -- and the response will be powerful. Whoever thinks they will find 'spider webs' here will get... an iron fist."
The Israeli premier was alluding to a 2000 speech by Nasrallah, in which he called the Jewish state "feebler than a spider's web."
[i24news.tv]
13/8/16
GR
FR
DE
ES
IT
RU
EU
No comments:
Post a Comment
Only News