Hezbollah leader calls for a second front of war against Israel and announces the use of new weapons

INTERNATIONAL / By Luis Moreno

The general secretary of the Lebanese party-militia Hezbollah, Hasan Nasrallah, has committed to maintaining the “pressure” of the group's forces on the border with Israel in order to keep this second front open for the Israeli military forces, focused on their offensive on the Gaza Strip, and has highlighted the use of new weapons.

“The Lebanese front will continue to be a pressure front,” Nasrallah declared in a televised speech reported by the newspaper L'Orient le Jour, the second since the start of the current escalation of the conflict in Gaza, on October 7.

Nasrallah has thus referred to the use during the last week of new drones and Burkan missiles, which carry an explosive charge of between 300 and 500 kilograms.. “Imagine half a ton of explosives falling on the enemy's head,” he stated in his speech.

“Daily operations have continued despite all preventive measures taken by the enemy. The resistance continues. Despite the enemy's armed drones. This is a new factor, but it does not prevent us from continuing operations,” Nasrallah highlighted.

The leader of Hezbollah has focused on the United States as the main person responsible for the Israeli offensive on Gaza and has recognized American pressure to avoid an escalation of the conflict in other parts of the region.. “I tell the Americans: if you want the secondary fronts to stop, you must stop the aggression against Gaza,” he noted.

Regarding the fighting in Gaza, Nasrallah stressed that “combatants lose their loved ones and their homes.”. “Despite this, they fight bravely. They face battle tanks, armored vehicles, soldiers,…. Today, the strongest Israeli battalions are fighting in Gaza, and this demonstrates Israel's inability,” he argued.

Nasrallah has also mentioned the increase in violence against US forces in Syria and Iraq.. “Ongoing operations are certainly helping to liberate Iraq and Syria from US occupation. But the immediate objective is to stop the aggression against Gaza,” he highlighted.

All this with the support of Iran: “Iran provides military, financial and diplomatic support. This is no longer a secret to anyone. If the Resistance is strong in Lebanon, Palestine and in the region it is thanks to material, military and financial support of Iran,” he stressed.

For Hezbollah the objective now is to achieve the support of world public opinion against Israel, “which is killing thousands of children and women.” “Time is on the side of the resistance movements. Time helps to inflict defeat on the occupiers,” he said before citing the pro-Palestinian demonstrations in Washington, New York and London.