Raad: We don't want war but we're ready and we won't give up our resources

The head of Hezbollah’s parliamentary bloc, MP Mohammed Raad, announced Saturday that his group does not “wish for war” with Israel but is “ready and prepared for it,” in connection to the standoff over the maritime border.

“We loudly tell the Israeli enemy that the gas in our exclusive economic zone is our right and we have the priority over the entire world to make benefit of our rights in our waters and gas,” Raad said during a Hezbollah ceremony in the southern town of Adshit.

“When we point to the choice of a war that would allow us to live in dignity, instead of fawning to and begging from others, we are saying that we are the free ones and that you should know who you are dealing with,” Raad added, referring to Hezbollah chief Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah’s recent remarks.

“We do not wish for war, but we’re ready and prepared for it… and if you had seen at the beginning of our resistance some of our might, you will see our might in the coming days when you make a wrong choice and resort to aggression,” Raad went on to say.

He concluded: “We will not give up our right to utilize our resources and demarcate the borders of our sovereignty. We are the ones who decide this and we’re standing alongside every loyal person in this state in order to protect the dignity of the country and its sons, from all sects and regions, even those who do not evaluate things and are not comprehending the situations in a proper way.”