Hezbollah prepared to continue war for up to a year, may carry out operations inside Israel – Lebanese media

Hezbollah is prepared to continue the war until the US elections and possibly until next spring, according to unnamed “sources” quoted by the Lebanese news agency El-Nashra.

On Friday, Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah gave a televised speech to commemorate Iranian president Ebrahim Raisi who died last week, in which he addressed Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and promised “more surprises.”

The surprises in question are weapons that Hezbollah has not yet deployed, El-Nashra reports, but the terror group “will not reveal what it has up his sleeve unless Netanyahu miscalculates and escalates the war.”

Another Arab publication, Kuwaiti newspaper Al-Jarida, reports that Hezbollah is in possession of long-range precision missiles and Russian-made anti-aircraft missiles with Iranian modifications. In addition, the terror group is training to ambush Israeli patrols, surrounding them with fire, and to carry out operations on Israeli soil, such as capturing IDF soldiers.

As for its current strategy, Hezbollah is increasing military pressure on Israel in the hope that it will lead to domestic pressure on the government and force Netanyahu to enter negotiations for a truce, Al-Jarida reports.

It adds that all possible scenarios were discussed in Tehran last week on the sidelines of Raisi’s funeral by leaders of Iran-backed terror groups Hamas, Hezbollah and the Houthis.

Quoting “sources” close to Hamas and Hezbollah, Al-Jarida says that it was decided that Hamas will be strict in its negotiating position, will not make concessions to Israel and will not release the hostages until Jerusalem stops the war and withdraws its troops from the Gaza Strip.

The two terror groups reportedly believe that Washington will increase its pressure on Israel to end the war as the US presidential elections approach.