Hezbollah chief says terror group achieved ‘divine victory’ greater than 2006 war

By Agencies and ToI Staff 29 November 2024, 7:04 pm 28 Edit

Hezbollah Secretary General Naim Qassem says in a televised address that the group had scored a “divine victory” against Israel even greater than that declared after the two foes last fought in 2006.

“We won because we prevented the enemy from destroying Hezbollah… [and] from annihilating or weakening the resistance,” Qassem says.

It was Qassem’s first address since a ceasefire deal this week ended more than a year of fighting between Israel and Hezbollah. The conflict left much of Lebanon’s south, east, and the suburbs of its capital in ruins, and Israeli strikes eliminated much of the terror group’s leadership.

Hezbollah also retreated from its long-held demand that it would only agree to a ceasefire once there was one to end fighting in Gaza.