TABNAK, Sep, 30: “Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah had the honor to be the first Arab commander who defeated Zionists. He could also retake occupied Lebanese territories from Zionist regime,” Araqchi wrote on X.
“His blood will promise victory of truth over falsehood. Martyrdom of Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah is a big loss, but it does not mean end of resistance path. It promises a new chapter whose characteristic is more power.”
The Lebanese Hezbollah resistance movement confirmed the assassination of its secretary general Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah in massive Israeli airstrikes targeting residential buildings in southern Beirut on Friday.
Since Friday afternoon, Israeli warplanes have conducted over 30 airstrikes, targeting residential buildings in Burj al-Barajneh, Kafaat, Choueifat, Hadath, al-Laylaki, and Mreijeh, with local media reporting upwards of 300 casualties as a result of the aggression.
Footage broadcast by al-Manar television channel from the crowded area of Beirut’s Dahiyeh shows flattened buildings, streets filled with rubble and clouds of smoke and dust above the area.
Martyrs’ Square, Beirut’s central public area, was crowded with exhausted and anxious families sheltering outdoors.
The recent attacks are part of the Israeli regime’s intensified assault on Lebanon, which has become more deadly this week, resulting in over 700 deaths nationwide since Monday.
Under Nasrallah’s leadership, Hezbollah continued to grow into a powerful political and military force that has fought off three Israeli wars against Lebanon-- in 2000 and 2006 as well as the current ongoing conflict.
In Lebanon and across the region, Nasrallah was revered as a charismatic leader and military strategist who had dedicated his life to resistance against Israel and supporting the Palestinian cause.
Earlier on Saturday, Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyed Ali Khamenei said the brutal attacks by the “rabid Zionist dog” on Lebanon revealed the shortsightedness and foolish policies of Israeli officials, calling on all Muslims to unite behind Lebanese people and Hezbollah.
“The Zionist criminals need to know that they are far too weak to be able to inflict any significant damage on the solid structure of Lebanon’s Hezbollah. All the resistance forces in the region stand with and support Hezbollah,” the Leader said in a statement on Saturday.
