The leader of the Lebanese Hezbollah, Hassan Nasrallah, announced today, on the occasion of the funeral of the slain commander of that pro-Iranian organization Fuad Shukra, that the fighting on the border with Israel will resume tomorrow with increased intensity, since it was ordered to be reduced for yesterday and today.
He said Hezbollah was pursuing a "carefully considered response" to the killing of its commander and that the Israelis "don't know where it will come from."
At the same time, Nasrallah tried to minimize the consequences of the murder on the functioning of his organization, Israeli media reported.
"When our commander becomes a martyr, he is quickly replaced. We have a great new generation of commanders," the extremist Hezbollah leader said, denying that military pressure would lead to the surrender of Palestinian Hamas, its organization and other pro-Iranian groups.
"Benjamin Netanyahu's aspirations are for Hamas to say to him: 'Come here, there are hostages and weapons.' the way to end the conflict on the Lebanese front is to end Israel's "aggression" in Gaza.
"The Israelis are now happy, they have crossed the 'red line' and must now expect wrath on all fronts that support Gaza," warned Nasrallah, alluding to pro-Iranian organizations in the Middle East.
He believes that the killing of a Hezbollah commander in Beirut on Tuesday, for which Israel claimed responsibility, is not a response to Saturday's rocket attack on the occupied Golan, where 12 children and young people died, but an "act of war", and that Hezbollah is paying the price for its support. Gaza and the Palestinian people in general.
Nasrallah, however, said that his Shia organization has now moved beyond the phase of that support and is declaring "open struggle on all fronts."
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