Hezbollah’s Secretary-General Hassan Nasrallah recently declared the group’s readiness for “unrestricted warfare” against Israel, following a recent uptick in cross-border hostilities.
In his speech on Sunday, a week after Hezbollah senior commander Wissam al Tawil was killed in an Israeli airstrike in Lebanon, Nasrallah asserted, “It is Israel, its army, and settlers who are afraid of war, not Lebanon.”
Nasrallah emphasized Hezbollah’s preparedness, stating, “For the past 99 days, we have been ready for conflict. If war is forced upon us, we will engage in it without any limitations or restrictions.”
He accused the Israeli army of concealing its actual casualties, predicting that Israel would face severe consequences due to the actions of the resistance in Gaza and other fronts, once hostilities cease.
The situation along the Lebanon-Israel border has become increasingly tense since the Israeli army initiated a significant military operation in Gaza in response to an attack by Hamas on October 7. This has led to the most serious clashes between Hezbollah and Israeli forces since their full-scale war in 2006.