Nasrallah vows ‘strong response coming’ to killing of Hezbollah’s military chief

Hezbollah cannot be expected to react to the killings of Fuad Shukr last week the same way it has reacted to other strikes on its operatives in the past months, Hassan Nasrallah says in a eulogy for the assassinated commander.

“We have not sought escalations until now, we have been fighting in support of Gaza but keeping in mind the Lebanese national interest,” Nasrallah says. “

“Restaurants over the past months have been full and the airport fully functioning,” he adds. “Every time one of our commanders was killed, our response was heightened but always measured.”

“But an assassination of a top leader in the Dahia [Hezbollah’s stronghold in southern Beirut] must be treated differently,” he continues.

“Our response is coming, God willing, from us and the axis of resistance — and it will be strong.”