Mohammad Raad, the head of the "Loyalty to the Resistance" bloc, stated: "We are confident that the end of this confrontation with the enemy at this stage and at every stage is victory, while the enemy escalates its tyranny. However, this escalation reveals its slide towards defeat and its rapid march towards collapse." He added, "The enemy has destroyed all of Gaza or nearly done so, killing women, children, the elderly, and civilians, and has devastated schools and hospitals. But where are the goals it set out to achieve? No objective has been achieved; it has neither retrieved its captives by force nor eliminated the resistance."
He pointed out that "the enemy obscures public opinion through its military incursion. Anyone with limited capabilities can penetrate the territory, but incursion does not mean control. It penetrates the Gaza Strip but faces operations and ambushes from within the territory." He continued, "The intelligent resistance in Palestine lures it into incursion; it does not mean that it incurs and destroys in the territory, indicating that it has tightened its grip on it. Due to the lack of balance in material power, the resistance relies on its human element, while the enemy relies on its military machinery. To achieve victory over it, the enemy is drawn in to be struck."
Raad's remarks came during a tribute ceremony held by "Hezbollah" at the Hussainiya of the southern town of Adchit for its martyr "On the Road to Jerusalem," Hassan Ali Najm, in the presence of regional official Ali Dhoun and various figures, religious scholars, families of martyrs, and the community. He asserted that "after more than 130 days of aggression supported by nearly all Western countries, with the exception of a few, and under shockingly American sponsorship, the Israeli enemy has yet to present a scene or image of victory."
He added, "The scenes broadcasted by the media depict crimes rather than victory images; we have seen what happened at the Baptist hospital, at the Nasser Medical Complex, in the schools, and in the shelters of the displaced—all of these are scenes of crimes and revenge. However, the scene of victory lies in the bomb placed by the resistance member on the back of a tank from zero distance." He continued: "The clearer the image of the criminality and savagery of the Zionist enemy becomes, the more its collapse accelerates, and it will not be able to dislodge or crush the resistance."
He emphasized, "We stand in solidarity with the oppressed people of Gaza who are facing genocide unprecedented in history, and we try as much as possible to alleviate the pressures on them to thwart the objectives of the aggression. We also do this as a precaution and protection for our people and our country." He noted, "We want to send a strong field message to the enemy to tell it that its madness will not help if it turns its attention to our front; we are waiting for you."
He pointed out that "some try, after the increase in the number of martyrs, to stir feelings of despair among people. However, the number of martyrs nearing two hundred protects thousands and hundreds of thousands of potential victims who might have fallen had the aggression underestimated our capabilities." He reiterated, "The battle we are fighting is not an easy one, and we bear its burdens with strength, courage, audacity, and steadfastness, as its calculations are very precise, and the scales of victory in it are highly sensitive. We act according to what pleases God and in a manner that protects our people, and we will remain so."
He stated: "The enemy is still deterred by our resistance. The madness exhibited by the enemy is at a level unseen in previous wars with the Zionist enemy, like what is being witnessed at this stage, because it senses that the entire West stands by it and that all the axes of evil and disbelief in the world support the West, in addition to the indifference of the Arab regimes in our region that resemble the position of accomplices."
Raad concluded that "the enemy has reached a dead end, and our victory over it in Lebanon and Gaza will be a decisive triumph, and this is not far off at all."
