The Secretary-General of "Hezbollah," Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah, announced during his speech marking one week since the death of the leader Fouad Shukr, that "the enemy might resort to breaking the sound barrier over the Dahiya to intimidate and scare the presence; if that happens, we will respond with the appropriate slogan." He stated, "This indicates that their minds have become very small," following Israeli aircraft breaking the sound barrier over Beirut twice. Regarding Fouad Shukr, he said, "Sayyed Mohsen was present day and night in the operations room since the first day of the Al-Aqsa Flood; he was one of the strategic minds in the resistance and had a wealth of ideas and proposals," noting that Shukr "contributed to building Hezbollah's military capabilities over the decades."
Nasrallah added, "We acknowledge a significant loss with Shukr's assassination, but this does not shake or weaken us, and the evidence is the resistance operations in recent days."
**Response**
While the world anticipates the response to Shukr's assassination and that of the head of Hamas's political bureau, Ismail Haniyeh, Nasrallah confirmed that "the Israeli wait for a week is part of the response and punishment." He said, "Our response is coming, whether alone or with the axis; this is a major battle and a serious targeting that the resistance will not overlook," pointing out that "the response will be strong, impactful, and effective, and the days and nights between us and them will reveal this."
He added: "All of Israel is standing on 'one and a half feet.'" He revealed that "what the enemy possesses in the north can be targeted in less than half an hour."
Nasrallah viewed that "Israel is afraid of an Iranian response and is seeking assistance from the United States and Western countries because it is unable to protect itself."
**Israeli Scheme**
The Secretary-General of "Hezbollah" responded to statements made by Israeli Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich, who considered "letting two million people die of hunger in Gaza as justified and ethical." He said, "Recently, conditions have developed that strongly help understand the nature of the goals pursued by Netanyahu's extremist government."
He continued, "It is clear that Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu does not want a ceasefire in Gaza," indicating that "Netanyahu's project in Gaza is to uproot its people and displace them toward Egypt or elsewhere."
Regarding the West Bank, he pointed out that "Israel's plan is to expand settlement and displace Palestinians toward Jordan in preparation for annexing the West Bank." He stated, "If the resistance is defeated in Gaza, Israel will not leave any Islamic or Christian sanctities. The region today faces real dangers, and everyone must understand the dimensions of the current battle and its dangers to Palestine."
He explained that "the goal of the battle now is not to remove Israel, but to prevent it from eliminating the resistance," calling on "Arab and Islamic countries to wake up and reconsider their performance and behavior in the face of the dangers threatening the region."
He also urged "the Lebanese people to realize the magnitude of the existing threats concerning the fate of an entire region," saying, "Those who do not support us in Lebanon, we ask them not to stab us in the back."
