🚨🟡🟢 Hezbollah Secretary-General Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah delivered a speech today, September 19th, 2024, following the zionist massacres of the last two days in Lebanon (1/3):
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I congratulate Muslims on the occasion of the birth of the Greatest Messenger, Prophet Muhammad, and his grandson, Imam Jaafar Al-Sadiq.
I extend my highest congratulations to the families of the martyrs, both in the homeland and on the southern front, for receiving the honor of martyrdom, and I wish the wounded a speedy recovery.
I thank the government, the medical sector in Lebanon for their serious efforts, and all those who donated blood in various Lebanese regions.
I express gratitude to everyone who transported a wounded person and those who declared their readiness to donate organs to the injured.
I thank our kind people and our dear citizens from all regions, as well as political and labor leaders who stood in solidarity with us.
One of the blessings of what happened is the unprecedented humanitarian and moral epic we witnessed on both the national and humanitarian levels.
Thanks to the countries that rushed to send medical aid and transport the injured, particularly Iraq and Iran, and to the Syrian government for opening its hospitals.
The enemy used a civilian device employed by large segments of society, and repeated this on Wednesday by detonating wireless communication devices, regardless of who was carrying them. As a result of this aggression, dozens of martyrs were killed, including children, women, and civilians.
Some explosions occurred in hospitals, markets, public roads, homes, and locations primarily populated by civilians.
When the enemy detonated the pagers, it deliberately aimed to kill 4,000 people in a single minute.
Over the course of two days, on Tuesday and Wednesday, in just one minute, the enemy intended to kill no fewer than 5,000 people in two minutes.
The human efforts and the eagerness shown by the people contributed to reducing serious injuries.
Through Allah's grace and with sincere and devoted human efforts, zeal, passion, and the massive presence of different segments of our people, a large part of the enemy's goal was thwarted.
We have formed technical and security investigation committees and are studying all possibilities. We have reached an almost complete conclusion, but the case is still under investigation and careful follow-up—from production to distribution and procedures in Lebanon. We will reach definitive results regarding the explosions in a short time, and appropriate measures will be taken accordingly.
There is no doubt that we were subjected to a major blow, both in terms of security and humanity, unprecedented in the history of the resistance in Lebanon, and also unprecedented in Lebanon, the conflict with the zionist enemy, and on a global scale.
What happened was a major terrorist operation, and we will define the events of Tuesday and Wednesday as massacres.
This significant and powerful blow did not and will not bring us down.
This is the nature of war and conflict. We know that our enemy has technological superiority because the West stands behind it. When we engage in this conflict, we rely on effort, sacrifices, attrition, and the accumulation of gains to win. War is a cycle—one day for us from our enemy, and one day for our enemy from us.
Tuesday and Wednesday were a major test for us, and, Allah willing, we will overcome this test with pride. I say that this major blow will not bring us down. Through this experience and its lessons, we will become stronger, more steadfast, and more capable of confronting all possibilities and dangers.