Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah delivered his first speech since the Israel-Hamas war began, praising the brutal Oct. 7 terror attack and threatening Israel.
Terrorist group Hezbollah is threatening to expand its fight against the Israeli Defense Forces , praising the Oct. 7 Hamas terror attack against Israel as 'heroic.' Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah said in a televised speech that the terrorist group has been involved in the conflict since the day after the Oct. 7 attacks that killed over 1,400 Israelis. The speech was his first since the war began last month. 'Some claim Hezbollah is about to join the fray.
What we have done since Oct. 8 is unprecedented in terms of our fighting strategy. Every day, we have been targeted Israeli soldiers, tanks, drones and sensors, the eyes and ears of Israel,' said Nasrallah. He added, 'We have been engaged in a true battle. The amount of our martyrs — 57 — testifies to this.' Nasrallah claimed Friday that he was not aware of Hamas' Oct.
The terrorist leader claimed he was not made aware of the attack before it was initiated. Nasrallah made the same assertion about Iran, claiming the deadly attacks were perpetrated without the Iranian government's knowledge. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu warned Hezbollah Friday not to enter the conflict. U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken was in Israel calling for humanitarian 'pauses' in the fighting to facilitate the freeing of hostages held by Hamas and limit civilian casualties. However, after meeting with Blinken, Netanyahu said that 'Israel refuses a temporary cease-fire that does not include the return of our hostages.
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