Naeem Qassem: We prevented the enemy from entering the “new Middle East” through Lebanon.
According to Al-Ahed, Sheikh Naim Qassem, Secretary General of Hezbollah in Lebanon, said in a speech: Supporting Gaza was a noble, valuable act and a duty for us and all Arab and Muslim people.
He added: We expected Israel’s aggression against Lebanon to happen at any moment. We did not know the time of this issue, but it was a matter both before and after the Al-Aqsa storm.
Naim Qassem continued: The enemy wants to destroy any resistance that stands against its expansionist plan in the region. Israel’s crimes were carried out to break the resistance, but these actions were not successful and these crimes are not considered achievements.
He added: We defeated the enemy’s goal of destroying the resistance and subduing it, we forced the settlers to emigrate, but the enemy’s only achievement was to hurt us by killing our commanders.
Qassem stressed: “We will never surrender and we will never be humiliated, and this will not be possible with Hezbollah’s resistance. Aggression, not resistance, is the problem and the problem. The enemy understood that the prospect of confronting Hezbollah’s resistance is a dead end, and for this reason, it moved towards an agreement to stop aggression.”
He added: “The resistance won because the enemy could not achieve its main goal, which is to eliminate Hezbollah and return the settlers without any agreement. We prevented the enemy from entering the “new Middle East” through the gates of Lebanon.”
Naim Qassem continued: “The agreement is to stop aggression, not to end resistance. This agreement is an implementation agreement for Resolution 1701 and is related only to the southern part of the Litani River. We have been patient with the hundreds of ceasefire violations committed by “Israel” to help implement the agreement, not to be an obstacle to it, and to hold those concerned accountable.”
He added: Palestine is the focal point of the liberation of this region, because “Israel” makes its aggression against it the focal point of the occupation of the region. Resistance means confrontation and it does not benefit by delivering the final blow to its enemy, but rather by gaining points. What is important is that the resistance, even if its means are limited, continues in the field. We will follow the results and act according to our estimate of the benefits.
Qassem continued: Hezbollah’s resistance continues in terms of faith and readiness, and the sacrifices increase our responsibility in confronting an enemy that only the resistance can rein in and control. The resistance continues and each stage has its own way and method. This is what we act on.
He added: We drove the aggression away from Lebanon and, with the steadfastness of the resistance fighters and the support of our compatriots, we stopped it at the borders. If it were not for the steadfastness of the resistance fighters, Israel would undoubtedly have reached Beirut and begun its subsequent steps for settlement and homeland building.
Sheikh Naim Qassem emphasized: With the cover and support of America, they destroyed all the facilities of the Syrian army under the guise of preemptive defense and fear of the future, and they want to destroy the region. The resistance with its people and army prevented the occupiers from achieving their expansionist goals in Lebanon.