ALBAWABA - Hassan Nasrallah, Hezbollah's Secretary-General, raised the conflict from support to a major fight and affirmed that revenge for the death of military commander Fouad Shukr is inevitable, serious, sincere, and well-planned.
At the burial of military commander Fouad Shukr, who was killed by Israel in a strike on Beirut's southern neighborhood on Tuesday evening, Nasrallah warned the enemy and its supporters that Hezbollah will respond. "There is no debate or doubt; the coming days, nights, and battlefield will reveal our reaction," he said.
Nasrallah said the adversary doesn't know if the reaction would be scattered or organized, from the north or south of Palestine. "Instead of symbolic responses, we want actual ones. He said it would be purposeful.
He warned that a major fight is coming that might affect the enemy's future. After the killings of Shukr in Beirut and Hamas political bureau leader Ismail Haniyeh in Tehran, support has turned into action.
Nasrallah said Haniyeh's Tehran killing shows the enemy's folly in expecting Iran to remain silent. Iranian leaders consider the event a threat to their sovereignty, dignity, security, and honor.
He said Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei's statement after Haniyeh's killing was stronger than his remarks after the Damascus consulate assault.
Nasrallah told Israelis, "Laugh, you'll cry a lot. You don't comprehend your new phase. Resistance has entered a new phase that depends on adversary reaction. They should expect retaliation from all good individuals in the nation."
After two days of relative calm, he announced the return of border clashes on Friday morning. This escalation will fund Gaza and is not a direct retaliation to Shukr's killing, which the resistance must avenge.
Nasrallah determined that efforts to downplay the response and local violence are futile. "The adversary and its backers must await our eventual reaction. No argument—the battlefield and future days will show."
