Iranian retaliation for Israel’s assault on its diplomatic mission in Damascus is coming inevitably, Hassan Nasrallah, the chief of the Lebanese motion Hezbollah, mentioned Friday.
Nasrallah, throughout a rally to mark Al Quds Day (Jerusalem Day), described the Israeli assault on the Iranian Embassy compound in Damascus earlier this week as a “turning point” with penalties.
On Monday, two brigadier generals and 5 different members of Iran’s highly effective Islamic Revolutionary Guards (IRGC) had been killed in an airstrike on the Iranian embassy compound within the Syrian capital, Damascus.
According to the Iranian news company Tasnim, six Syrian residents had been additionally killed.
Israel has not commented on the incident to date.
Nasrallah mentioned Hezbollah will not be afraid of any conflict with Israel and is “well prepared.”
“We have not used the main weapons nor the main forces,” he mentioned.
The Hezbollah chief spoke to a crowd gathered on the group’s stronghold in a southern Beirut suburb. He appeared, as standard, through video hyperlink. Hezbollah fighters had been clad in army fatigues, and a few wore masks within the crowd.
He known as on his folks to be ready and prepared.
“If they (Israelis) want a war, we say to them … welcome,” Nasrallah vowed.
Nasrallah reiterated his stance that the Lebanese entrance close to the Israeli border in south Lebanon is linked to the Gaza conflict. “When the war stops in Gaza, it will stop here,” he added.
Source: www.dailysabah.com