Nasrallah: Resistance behind Shebaa Farms Bomb, Israeli Eye on Galilee
TEHRAN (Tasnim) - Secretary General of Lebanese Hezbollah Resistance Movement Seyed Hassan Nasrallah disclosed that the resistance was behind the bomb which targeted an Israeli patrol in Shebaa Farms in mid March, saying it was part of response to the Israeli raid on a resistance garrison in Janta.
In an inclusive dialogue with Lebanese daily, As-Safir, Nasrallah said the Israeli enemy got the message well, noting that “the issue here is not about rules of engagement (with the Zionists), but about deterrence.”
Nasrallah considered that the Zionist entity through its raid on Janta was testing the ability of resistance to benefit from the current situation, especially Hezbollah’s involvement in the battle in Syria, in a bid to change the rules of engagement.
“When we had planted the bomb in Labbouneh we wanted to deliver a message to the enemy: We don’t permit to change the rules of the engagement. Wherever you enter, and we know, we will confront you,” Nasrallah said, referring to the bomb planted by the resistance in Labbouneh near Naqoura last August.
He noted that if the resistance held its tongue following the raid, “the enemy may have striken any truck, house or any other target in any place (in the future) under the pretext that Israel is committed to strike qualitative weapons.”
Hezbollah secretary general also ruled out a new Israeli war on Lebanon, stressing that the course of events in Syria raise the concerns of the Israelis.
Following these developments, the Israelis are raising questions about whether this experience will enable Hezbollah, if a new war takes place (with Israel), to adopt new courses in the battalion. In this context Israel’s eye is on Galilee, resistance leader added.
Meanwhile, Nasrallah considered that the risk of terrorist bombings in Lebanon has dropped considerably, noting that the resistance is not facing a problem with its mass over the involvement in the Syrian war.
“On the contrary, some of those who were hesitant have now made their choice to support us,” Nasrallah told as-Safir, adding, “Some of March 14 public support our intervention in Syria in order to protect Lebanon from Takfiri terrorist groups.”
He also underlined that the danger of Syrian regime fall has ended.
“They can launch an exhaustive war as long as some states still funding, arming and inciting.”
He said nothing indicates that the opposition in Syria can launch massive war, noting that what is coming on in Lattakia and Kassab can’t be called a massive war.
The great battle which they have talked about starting from Syria’s south is an exaggeration, Nasrallah said, noting that the experience in the last three years has proven that the regime is not weak and that it also enjoys popular incubation.
He stressed that one of Hezbollah’s priorities is to end the Syrian war, saying “we have passed the danger of partition.”
