Snippets of Nasrallah’s speech at funeral of top commander Fuad Shukr

By Mehdi Moosvi

The leader of Lebanon’s Hezbollah resistance movement, Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah, delivered a speech on Thursday at the funeral ceremony of a top-ranking Hezbollah commander, Fuad Shukr.

Shukr was targeted in an Israeli airstrike on Tuesday in the suburbs of southern Beirut. His assassination was confirmed by the Lebanese resistance movement on Wednesday after sifting through the rubble.

While offering his condolences to the families of those martyred in Tuesday's bombing, Nasrallah said the Zionist regime had “crossed a red line” and must now brace for a stern response from the resistance.

During his hour-long fiery speech, he vowed to avenge the blood of Shukr by promising an “inevitable retaliation” against the Israeli regime, along with resuming the “support front” for Gaza and attacks on Israeli military positions starting Friday morning.

Shukr, who had an important role in building and strengthening the resistance front against the Zionist occupation, was martyred along with two children and two women in an attack on a residential apartment in Beirut.

Among the victims was Milad Badi, an Iranian military advisor.

Here are some snippets from Nasrallah’s speech:

- Israel's Tuesday attack on Beirut was not a reaction to the Majdal Shams incident.

- Accusing us of what happened in Majdal Shams is unjust and unacceptable and aims to exonerate the enemy’s army from what happened.

- Israel's attack on Beirut was a part of the ongoing US-Israeli aggression in the region.

- Israel is trying to foment sectarian strife by accusing Hezbollah of attacking Druze people (in Golan Heights).

- The resistance movement is paying the price for its support for the Palestinian cause.

- The Israeli assassination of resistance leaders was an imprudent act.

- Zionists made a big mistake by assassinating Hamas chief (Ismail) Haniyeh in Tehran.

- The Israeli assassination of Haniyeh is an attack on Iran's sovereignty, national security, prestige, and honor.

- Do they think they can kill Ismail Haniyeh in Tehran and believe Iran will remain silent?

- (Leader of the Islamic Revolution) Imam Khamenei’s words after the assassination of Haniyeh were stronger than his words after the attack on the Iranian consulate in Damascus (April 1, 2024) because this was an attack inside Iran.

- Imam Khamenei considers it an issue of honor (for the Islamic Republic).

- Israeli assassinations have triggered a 'new phase' of fight/resistance against the (Israeli) regime on all fronts.

- Decades of Israeli assassinations have failed to weaken the resistance against Zionists.

- The martyrdom of commander Fuad Shukr has strengthened the resolve of the resistance forces to fight Zionists.

- The Lebanese resistance has an "excellent generation" of commanders who are ready to take up responsibilities.

- I tell the enemy: Laugh a little now but you (Israel) will cry a lot because you do not know which red lines you have crossed.

- We are now in an open battle against the Israeli enemy, on all frontiers – we have entered a new stage.

- We are facing a major battle where matters have gone beyond the issue of support fronts.

- What happened in Dahiye is an aggression, not merely an assassination operation.

- The decision now is in the hands of the battlefield, its circumstances and opportunities, and we are looking into a real and calculated response, not a symbolic one.

- The enemy does not know where our response will come from, whether from the north or south of Palestine, and whether it will be separate or simultaneous.

- The Axis of Resistance has been fighting for many years with anger, reason, and wisdom, and has the ability (to strike Israel).

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