Raad Says Israel Fate 'at Stake' if It Wages War on Lebanon
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The head of Hizbullah's Loyalty to Resistance bloc, MP Mohammed Raad, warned Israel on Monday that its very existence will be “at stake” should it wage a new war on Lebanon.
“Let the Israelis have the illusions they want, but what we have prepared for them allows us to say that the fate of their entity will be at stake should they dare to wage a hostile war against Lebanon,” Raad said at a memorial service in the southern town of Arabsalim.
“The Israeli enemy has lost the ability to wage an attack on us,” Raad boasted.
“This enemy has become incarcerated in the cage of the balance of deterrence that the resistance has created,” the lawmaker went on to say.
And noting that Israel's latest threats and military drills are aimed at “boosting the morale of its troops,” Raad said Hizbullah possesses “the effective weapon that beats all of the enemy's weapons, even if it receives support from all countries in the world.”
Referring to Hizbullah's military presence across Syria, Raad added: “Will this enemy – which was not able to defeat us when we were in south Lebanon – dare to wage a war on us now that we've become deployed across all these territories?”
Raad's remarks come amid threats and counter-threats between Israel and Hizbullah.
Hizbullah chief Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah has recently warned Israel against attacking Lebanon or Syria, saying "hundreds of thousands" of Arab and Muslim fighters would be ready to strike back.
Hizbullah fighters from Lebanon, and Shiite combatants from Iran, Iraq, Pakistan and Afghanistan are battling alongside regime forces in Syria to defend the government of President Bashar al-Assad.
The powerful Lebanese, Iran-backed group and Israel have fought many battles including a devastating 34-day war in 2006 that killed 1,200 people in Lebanon, mainly civilians, and 160 Israelis, mostly soldiers.
Border skirmishes have broken out occasionally since then, and Nasrallah has said that any future confrontation would be "very costly for Israel."
The head of Israel's air force has meanwhile said that his country would have "unimaginable" military power at hand in any future conflict with Hizbullah.
"What the air force was able to do quantitatively in the... Lebanon war over the course of 34 days we can do today in 48-60 hours," Major General Amir Eshel said.
"This is potential power unimaginable in its scope, much different to what we have seen in the past and far greater than people estimate," he added.
03 July 2017, 16:26
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The head of Israel's air force has meanwhile said that his country would have "unimaginable" military power at hand in any future conflict with Hizbullah.
"What the air force was able to do quantitatively in the... Lebanon war over the course of 34 days we can do today in 48-60 hours," Major General Amir Eshel said.
"This is potential power unimaginable in its scope, much different to what we have seen in the past and far greater than people estimate," he added.
03 July 2017, 16:28
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“Let the Israelis have the illusions they want, but what we have prepared for them allows us to say that the fate of their entity will be at stake should they dare to wage a hostile war against Lebanon,” Raad said at a memorial service in the southern town of Arabsalim.
and he says that with a straight face attending a memorial service for some of his fallen terrorists where? not fighting Israel but killing arabs in Syria, iraq or yemen.
03 July 2017, 17:52
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The "balance of deterrence that the resistance has created" was also the pre 2006 mantra. After Hassan Nasarallah foolishly followed Iranian dictates and went ahead with the so called Operation "الوعد الصادق" he went on TV trying to convince us that the "balance of deterrence that the resistance has created" will dissuade Israel from waging a war similar to the one it had just waged in Gaza. Turns out there was no deterrence at all.
03 July 2017, 19:10
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“The Israeli enemy has lost the ability to wage an attack on us,” - Raad July 2017
03 July 2017, 20:46
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and that is why Israel has been bombing them in Syria almost on a daily basis without response.
03 July 2017, 19:24
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Hezbollah is the biggest organization of lies and corruption! They're fighting for no reason in Syria, because I thought they were a "Lebanese resistance". All of a sudden, they speak of foreign fighters as if the Lebanese army isn't strong enough. Now, that is TREASON, NO QUESTIONS ASKED!
03 July 2017, 20:00
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That's because the cowardly militia hides behind the foolish people who support it and they know that if Israel attacks them it will be the end of them, their supporters, their women in headscarves and their ideology. I am sure if Israel wanted to it can erase Lebanon off the map anytime--
03 July 2017, 20:45
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and when Israel's fate is at stake, you will be vaporized by the fumes of the nuclear warhead they will drop on your filthy iranian head.
