Nasrallah makes false Oct. 7 claims, calls Israel a ‘weak state,’ justifies attacks on US troops

Gianluca Pacchiani is the Arab affairs reporter for The Times of Israel

Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah gives an address on November 3, 2023 (Screen grab via Al Jazeera used in accordance with Clause 27a of the Copyright Law)
Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah gives an address on November 3, 2023 (Screen grab via Al Jazeera used in accordance with Clause 27a of the Copyright Law)

Hassan Nasrallah continues his false assertions about the October 7 Hamas onslaught, calling Israel “as fragile as a spider web,” and justifies pro-Iran militias’ attacks on US troops in the region.

“Israel falsely claimed Hamas beheaded babies, but failed to produce any evidence” — despite providing gruesome visual evidence that they did — “whereas the whole world has seen images of Palestinian children bombed in Gaza,” he claims.

“The US must be held accountable and pay the price for the crimes perpetrated by Israel in Gaza, hence resistance movements have attacked and will continue to attack American forces in Iraq and Syria,” he vows.

“Israel has revealed itself to be a weak state, as fragile as a spider web, and it needs American and Western support,” he claims. “Otherwise, why would the US navy send an aircraft carrier shortly after the October 7 attack? Why else would Biden visit Israel, alongside numerous American government secretaries, the military top brass and European leaders?”

“A victory for Gaza against Israel will not be a victory for Iran or the Muslim Brotherhood, it will be first and foremost a patriotic victory for Palestinians, but also for Egypt, Jordan, Syria and also Lebanon. It is therefore our duty to support Hamas in Gaza.”

He also urges Arab countries to halt oil exports to Israel.

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