Lebanon (Palestine Foundation Information Center) Hezbollah’s deputy secretary general has warned that the Israeli regime’s “occupation” poses a threat not only to Palestine but to the entire region and the world.
“Israel is a usurper and an occupying regime, and a real danger to the entire region and the world,” Sheikh Naim Qassem said on Tuesday in his third televised address since the martyrdom of Hezbollah leader Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah.
“This regime does not limit its occupation to Palestine; it seeks to expand its control, as Palestine alone is insufficient for its ambitions. Israel also aims to dominate the territories of Arab and Muslim states,” he said.
He emphasized the importance of resistance in the face of the massacres orchestrated by Israel and its backers.
“Israel and those behind it wage war and commit massacres, leaving us no choice but to take a stand,” Sheikh Qassem asserted.
He also exposed the joint US-Israeli scheme in West Asia, stating, “America, the biggest devil, wants a new Middle East. Netanyahu shares the same vision. This means the US and Israel are deliberately carrying out this genocide.”
Sheikh Qassem asserted that Hezbollah would not be defeated in its longstanding conflict with the Israeli regime.
“The resistance will not be defeated because it owns the land and because its fighters are martyrs who accept nothing but a life of honor. Your army is now defeated and will be defeated more,” he declared.
He said that if Tel Aviv wants the Zionist settlers to return to their homes in northern occupied territories, it must halt its assaults on Gaza and Lebanon.
“I tell the home front that the solution is to cease fire and after the ceasefire, according to the indirect agreement, the settlers will return to the north,” he said.
The Hezbollah leader further warned that if the aggression persists, the number of abandoned settlements will grow, placing hundreds of thousands—potentially over two million—settlers at risk.
