The Lebanese have Hezbollah's back despite Israeli all-out war threat
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Even some opposing voices in Lebanon have been supportive of the Resistance's actions in the face of the Israeli aggression on Gaza.
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Supporters of the Lebanese Resistance, Hezbollah, raise their fists and cheer during an address by Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah, the Secretary-General of Hezbollah, on November 3, 2023. (AP)
Hezbollah, the Lebanese Resistance group, is garnering more and more support for its stance against the Israeli occupation despite the potential of a full-scale war, The Wall Street Journal reported on Monday.
Hezbollah, despite the US attempts to have it treated as a "terrorist" organization, enjoys more consolidated political and military power as more Lebanese support it for its confrontational posture toward "Israel" amid its ongoing operations across the border since October 8 in support of Gaza.
Even some opposing voices in Lebanon have been supportive of the Resistance's actions in the face of the Israeli aggression on Gaza.
A battle between "Israel" and Hezbollah would result in significant damage and civilian losses on both sides, according to Jonathan Conricus, a former Israeli occupation soldier who served as a combat commander in Lebanon and a military spokesman early in the war.
However, Hezbollah would most certainly overrun Israeli air defenses and strike important infrastructure such as ports and power plants, in addition to trying ground assaults, Conricus added, predicting the occupation would be hit by thousands of rockets each day, killing hundreds of people.
'Israel' may use wider war to justify repatriating settlers
In a related context, a larger battle with Hezbollah may eventually provide the Israeli government with the pretext it has so badly needed to return the tens of thousands of settlers who fled the Lebanese border in recent months, The New York Times reported.
By trying to invade Lebanon, it could attempt to persuade its settlers that it forced Hezbollah away from the border, despite analysts believing this to be inconceivable.
Top Israeli generals privately fear that their troops, although capable of waging a wider war, are not in the best condition for one. They are running low on ammunition and spare components, and fewer reservists are reporting for service.
Earlier on Monday, during a troubled visit to Majdal Shams in the occupied Syrian Golan, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu threatened once again a strike against Lebanon, accusing Hezbollah of committing a massacre in the occupied village.
Of course, Hezbollah categorically rejected such claims as soon as the massacre occurred.
In any case, Israeli authorities are weaponizing the incident to justify a controversial attack on Lebanon, which has failed to gain Western backing to this point.
On the other hand, the Resistance has reiterated, through its leaders and the successes of its fighters on the battlefield, its readiness to defend against any Israeli attack on Lebanon, specifically a ground invasion that would prove detrimental to Israeli armored forces.
Al-Qassam to Hezbollah: 'We are certain that you will finish the job'
Meanwhile, the Islamic Resistance Movement - Hamas' military wing, al-Qassam Brigades, released a video message addressing the fighters of the Islamic Resistance in Lebanon - Hezbollah on Monday.
Al-Qassam Brigades took a dig at Israeli Security Minister Yoav Gallant's remarks during a meeting in early July with Israeli troops near the Gaza Strip, where he said that the tanks coming out of Rafah "can reach as far as the Litani."
The Palestinian Resistance faction showed a compilation of Israeli armored vehicles and tanks coming under attack by the al-Qassam fighters in the southernmost city of the Gaza Strip, Rafah.
Followed by the footage of tanks and armored vehicles destroyed by the al-Qassam fighters in Rafah, the faction sent the following message to the Resistance fighters in Lebanon.
"Behold Gallant's armored vehicles leaving Rafah. We are certain that you will finish the job."
Al-Qassam's Military Media unit concluded the video message with the stern threat issued by the Islamic Resistance's Secretary-General Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah, who said that Israeli occupation will "have no tanks left" in case of war on Lebanon.
"هذه مدرعات غالانت التي تخرج من #رفح، ونحن على يقين أنكم ستكملون المهمة"#بالفيديو.. رسالة من كتائب الشهيد عز الدين #القسام إلى المقاومة الإسلامية في لبنان👇#الميادين #الميادين_لبنان @mayadeenlebanon pic.twitter.com/89QhiUfIl3
— قناة الميادين (@AlMayadeenNews) July 29, 2024
