Nasrallah says Oct. 7 assault ‘100% Palestinian,’ Hezbollah knew nothing about it

By Gianluca Pacchiani

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3 November 2023, 3:30 pm

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

Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah speaks from Lebanon, November 3, 2023 (Screenshot used in accordance with Clause 27a of the Copyright Law)

Making his first speech since the Israel-Hamas broke out following the Palestinian terror group’s October 7 onslaught, Hezbollah chief Hassan Nasrallah says the Lebanese terror group knew nothing about the assault ahead of time.

“The October 7 operation was planned in total secrecy, even other Palestinian factions were not privy to it, let alone resistance movements abroad,” Nasrallah says.

“The international community keeps bringing up Iran and its military plans, but the October 7 attack was a 100% Palestinian operation, planned and executed by Palestinians for the Palestinian cause, it has no relation at all to any international or regional issues.”