Hizbullah Says It Has Doubled Its Arsenal of Guided Missiles
Hizbullah leader Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah said overnight that his group now has twice as many precision-guided missiles as it had a year ago, noting that Israel's efforts to prevent it from acquiring them have failed.
Nasrallah, in an end-of-year interview with the Beirut-based Al-Mayadeen TV, said his group has the capability to strike anywhere in Israel and the occupied Palestinian territories.
Nasrallah said that when Israel threatened through a U.S. official to target a Hizbullah facility in Lebanon's eastern Bekaa region, his group warned it would retaliate for any such attack in a "proportionate" way.
Israel has in recent months expressed concern that Hizbullah is trying to establish production facilities to make precision-guided missiles.
During the four-hour interview, Nasrallah said there are many matters related to his group that Israel has no knowledge of because those are kept in a "very tight circle."
Nasrallah also said that the last few weeks of the administration of U.S. President Donald Trump are critical and must be treated with care, calling Trump "angry" and "crazy."
The Iran-backed Hizbullah is a sworn enemy of Israel, with which it has had a series of confrontations, including a full-scale war in 2006.
Nasrallah repeated vows that Iran and its allies will avenge the U.S. killing of the commander of the elite Iranian Revolutionary Guard, Gen. Qassim Soleimani, in a drone attack a year ago in Iraq.
"That revenge is coming no matter how long it takes," he told Al-Mayadeen TV, sitting with a picture of Soleimani to his left.
Nasrallah also vowed to avenge Israel's killing of a Hizbullah fighter in Syria earlier this year.
Addressing the incoming U.S. administration of President Joe Biden, Nasrallah said Iran would not negotiate with the U.S. on behalf of its allies or discuss conflicts in the region. He said Tehran would talk with Washington only about the Iranian nuclear deal, from which Trump withdrew.
over 3 years
Hmm...bigjohn... when you say that "HA is the least corrupt political party"... does smuggling weapons count? Does Captagon and cocaïn traffic count? Does their management of the customs at the port and the airport count? Of course, and surely, assassinations, torture, kidnaping, threatening, waging wars, embezzlement , etc.. don't count... right?
over 3 years
lol @ the shia native from sea above
over 3 years
The important thing is that the Government of Lebanon claims that it adheres to Resolution 1701.
This article just proves the exact opposite.
over 3 years
From it's aforementioned activities I'd also that that it is sworn enemy of Lebanon
over 3 years
Time to divide Lebanon between Hizbollahstan and the remaining communities to safeguard Lebanon for future generations and restore independence, freedom, democracy, sovereignty and prosperity. let them be Iran's bargaining chip and military outpost but we need to put our children first. We always had corruption but managed to prosper. HizbIran is 90% responsible for taking Lebanon to the abyss facilitated by Aoun and Bassil who should rot in prison. This trio is Lebanon's biggest curse.
over 3 years
arms should be under control of the government of the country and nowhere else ,period. However we should not forget that since the independence of Lebanon many militias had arms , it seems that there was another civil war in Lebanon before the 75 -90. Animosities between the various religions always existed , corruption is the national religion in this country.
For the dreamers : since 1943 Lebanon was never independent , freedom never existed, democracy is wishful thinking, Sovereignty has been prostituted , prosperity? yes the feudal chiefs and warlords
over 3 years
Hezbollah can only double its arsenal if the lebanese security agencies including the army are in collusion with this terrorist organization.
over 3 years
Galaxy, are you trying to tell us that instead of trying to implement Resolution 1701, the Lebanese government and armed forces are actually supporting the undermining of it in order to further arm Hizballah?
over 3 years
Not enough.
over 3 years
Just wait for the next war and you will count them.
Hezbollah doubled its arsenal of guided missiles and the U.S Dollar more than quadrupled against the Lira.