The new leader of Hezbollah, Naïm Kassem, threatened on Wednesday to strike the center of Tel Aviv in retaliation for the elimination of the head of media relations of the movement, Mohammad Afif, eliminated Sunday in an Israeli strike in Beirut. “Israel attacked the heart of Beirut, it must expect the response to take place in the center of Tel Aviv,” he said.
In his third speech since taking office, Kassem acknowledged that the terrorist movement had gone through a period of “confusion” for ten days after the elimination of Hassan Nasrallah on September 27, while assuring that Hezbollah had “regained its vigor “.
Regarding the ongoing negotiations, the Shiite leader indicated that his movement had studied the ceasefire proposal with Lebanon, posing two conditions: “a complete and total ceasefire” and “the preservation of sovereignty Lebanese. However, he warned that Hezbollah would continue its military actions, whether negotiations were successful or not.
Kassem also denounced what he called “Israeli human monsters supported by American human monsters,” saying the resistance has the means to continue the fight “for a long time.”
