Hezbollah chief says 'Israel' unable to 'break the resistance'
Note: AI technology was used to generate this article’s audio.
- Hezbollah leader Naim Qassem said the group had survived efforts by ‘Israel’ to weaken or dismantle it.
- He made the remarks at a Beirut ceremony marking two years since Hassan Nasrallah was killed in a strike.
Hezbollah Secretary-General Naim Qassem said Sunday that ‘Israel’ had failed to break the Iran-backed group, speaking at a ceremony in Beirut marking two years since the killing of longtime leader Hassan Nasrallah.
Addressing thousands of supporters in Beirut’s southern suburbs, Qassem said Hezbollah had demonstrated that ‘Israel’ and its forces were unable to achieve their stated objectives against the group.
“[They] were unable to achieve their goals to break the resistance, end its existence, consolidate the ‘Israeli’ occupation and establish settlements in Lebanon,” Qassem said.
The gathering was held in Beirut’s southern suburbs, a stronghold of Hezbollah, on the second anniversary of Nasrallah’s death. Nasrallah was killed on September 27, 2024, in an ‘Israeli’ airstrike on the southern suburbs of Beirut.
Qassem succeeded Nasrallah as Hezbollah’s secretary-general in October 2024 as the group underwent a major leadership transition following a series of ‘Israeli’ strikes.
The ceremony comes amid continuing tensions between Hezbollah and ‘Israel’, with the group seeking to demonstrate its continued organizational and political presence two years after Nasrallah’s killing.
