... the Grand Vizier of the Hezbullies...
on Wednesday said that his group’s "presence in the confrontation" with Israel is "what deters the enemy."
"The ceiling of the confrontation on Leb
...an Iranian satrapy currently ruled by Hassan Nasrallah situated on the eastern Mediterranean, conveniently adjacent to Israel. Formerly inhabited by hardy Phoenecian traders, its official language is now Arabic, with the usual unpleasant side effects. The Leb civil war, between 1975 and 1990, lasted a little over 145 years and produced 120,000 fatalities. The average length of a ceasefire was measured in seconds. The Lebs maintain a precarious sectarian balance among Shiites, Sunnis, and about a dozen flavors of Christians, plus Armenians, Georgians, and who knows what else? It is the home of the original Hezbollah, which periodically starts a war with the Zionist Entity, gets Beirut pounded to rubble, and then declares victory and has a parade. The Lebs have the curious habit of periodically murdering their heads of state or prime ministers...
’s front has been limited, except for some exceptions and responses to these exceptions, but when the enemy escalates to a higher ceiling, our response will be bigger," Qassem said.
"We will not retreat on the battlefield and any development depends on the battlefield and the confrontation," Hezbollah’s number two added, noting that Hezbollah is "in the position of deterring the Israeli enemy and rejecting its schemes" while "hoping for victory."
Hezbollah has been striking at Israeli posts along the border since the Israel-Hamas
...a regional Iranian catspaw,...war broke out on October 7.
More than 200 people, the vast majority of them Hezbollah fighters, have been killed in Lebanon since the violence broke out more than four months ago. The dead include more than 20 civilians.