Lebanon: “The enemy has crossed all the red lines,” denounces Hassan Nasrallah, the leader of Hezbollah

Lebanese Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah said Thursday that his group had suffered “a severe and unprecedented blow,” accusing Israel of “crossing all red lines” by blowing up the group’s communications equipment. In a live speech, he said that “the enemy wanted to kill no less than 5,000 people” by blowing up, two days in a row, the pagers and walkie-talkies held by members of the powerful pro-Iranian movement. Hezbollah has opened an internal investigation into the explosions of the communications systems, Nasrallah said.

Israeli army announces death of two soldiers

The Israeli army announced on Thursday the deaths of two soldiers “fallen in combat” in northern Israel, as tensions rise on the Israeli-Lebanese border. Reserve Major Nael Fwarsy, 43, and Sergeant Tomer Keren, 21, “fell in combat” in two separate incidents, the army said in a statement.

Israel to receive ‘terrible punishment’

Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah warned Thursday that Israel would face “a terrible punishment” after deadly explosions of his party’s militants’ communications devices across Lebanon on Tuesday and Wednesday.

Israel will receive “a terrible punishment and a just retribution, where it expects it and where it does not expect it,” the head of the pro-Iranian Lebanese party warned in a speech. He said he would not give any details on “the timing, location or nature” of the response that Hezbollah is preparing.

The front between Hezbollah and Israel will remain open until “the end of the aggression in Gaza”

The leader of Lebanon’s powerful Hezbollah also assured Thursday that his movement would continue to attack Israel from Lebanon to support its ally, the Palestinian Hamas, “until the end of the aggression in Gaza.” “Lebanon’s front with Israel will not stop until the end of the aggression in Gaza,” he said. During his speech, Israeli aircraft flew over Beirut at low altitude, breaking the sound barrier, according to AFP correspondents and the official National News Agency.

Israeli army announces new strikes on “Hezbollah targets in Lebanon”

The Israeli army announced new strikes “on Hezbollah targets in Lebanon” on Thursday, shortly before the start of a speech by the leader of the Lebanese Islamist movement, Hassan Nasrallah, as warning sirens sounded in northern Israel. “The terrorist organization Hezbollah has turned southern Lebanon into a combat zone. For decades, Hezbollah has used civilian infrastructure for military purposes, dug tunnels under it and used civilians as human shields,” the army added in a statement.

Hezbollah has received a severe and unprecedented blow

Lebanese Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah said Thursday that his group had suffered “a severe and unprecedented blow,” accusing Israel of “crossing all red lines” by blowing up the group’s communications equipment. In a speech broadcast live, he said that “the enemy wanted to kill no less than 5,000 people” by blowing up, two days in a row, the pagers and walkie-talkies held by members of the powerful pro-Iranian movement.