Signs suggest Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah is unraveling. Has emotion replaced rationality?
The Hezbollah leader warned during the speech that Israel would "pay in blood" for civilians killed in Israeli airstrikes targeting Hezbollah.
Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah may have assumed the war in Gaza would be short and the status quo restored after a ceasefire. But that isn't what happened.
The Hezbollah leader insisted that his movement's decision to launch attacks on Israel "stabilized the balance of deterrence and proved that Lebanon has a real deterrent power."
Initiated by Hezbollah at the behest of its paymaster, Iran, the true function of the cross-border skirmishes is to fulfill Iran’s desire to cause as much trouble in the Middle East as possible.
Israel failed to achieve even a semblance of victory, the Hezbollah leader added.
The Hezbollah leader addressed Israelis evacuated from northern Israel, saying that if they want to return home they should demand the war in Gaza end.
Nasrallah rejected the idea that Israel was only targeting Hamas, not Hezbollah, with the strikes on Tuesday.
Pinpointing Nasrallah’s true intentions is a challenge, primarily because even he appears uncertain of them.
Maj.-Gen. (res.) Gadi Shamni underscored the importance of a coherent plan and a Gaza blockade, stating, "We lack a strategy for the post-conflict period."