❗️Highlights from Hezbollah Secretary-General Naim Qassem’s latest speech:

• “It is no longer hidden from anyone that there exists a dangerous US–Israeli project known as ‘Greater Israel,’ based on occupation and expansion from the Euphrates to the Nile, including Lebanon.”

• “The US-Israeli aggression against Lebanon has not stopped since 27 November 2024, and the Israeli enemy has not adhered to any agreement, continuing its aggression uninterrupted for fifteen months.”

• “We face two options: either surrender and give up our land, dignity, sovereignty, and the future of our generations, or engage in the inevitable confrontation to resist the occupation and prevent it from achieving its goals. The resistance chose the timing to respond to aggression and defend Lebanon, depriving the Israeli enemy of the chance to surprise us, preventing it from isolating Lebanon, and invalidating all pretexts.”

• “The resistance has prepared appropriately, proving its effectiveness and competence. The young fighters have demonstrated heroic sacrifice, honor, patriotism, and dignity. They are determined to continue without limits, ready to make boundless sacrifices, and now stand as symbols of national pride and the forthcoming liberation.”

• “Aggression is the problem and the danger; resistance is the hope and the path to liberation.”

• “The responsibility to confront aggression is national, encompassing the government, the people, the army, political and sectarian forces, parties, and every citizen. US-Israeli aggression seeks to strip Lebanon of its strength, control its policies, and determine the future of its children. It seeks to undermine Lebanon’s sovereignty and independence through internal strife, legitimizing the Israeli occupation, and preventing the army from arming and defending the nation. Responding is a national duty.”

• “When the exclusivity of weapons is submitted to meet Israel’s demands while occupation and aggression continue, it is a step toward Lebanon’s demise and the realization of the ‘Greater Israel’ project. Negotiating with the Israeli enemy under fire amounts to surrender, depriving Lebanon of its capabilities, and is fundamentally unacceptable against an occupying force that attacks daily.”

• “We are engaged in a defensive battle for Lebanon and its citizens. Those who are martyred are among the choices of our men, youth, women, and children. What we liberate is the land of Lebanon.”

• “National unity frustrates our enemy from occupying our country. It enables us to endure this painful stage in solidarity, helping us to rebuild the country together. It prevents government decisions that serve the Israeli project, even if unintentionally, and ensures the government retracts any decision criminalizing resistance or resistance supporters. We call for national unity for all of us: together we are stronger, together we shorten the duration of aggression.”

• “Look at the US-Israeli aggression against Lebanon: it kills civilians, destroys buildings, displaces villages and towns, and works to annihilate both people and resources. Yet it is cowardly in facing courageous resistors.”

• “This resistance cannot be defeated, alongside its people, citizens, and honorable individuals. We are confident that we will not be defeated, no matter the sacrifices.”

• “As for the Islamic Republic of Iran’s confrontation with global US–Israeli aggression, it is a lesson to be learned. Iran has stood firm against the world’s oppressors and aggressors, and God willing, it will prevail. Know that every victory against the US and Israel brings benefits for all.”

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