Source: Mayadeen TV (Lebanon)
Hizbullah Deputy Secretary-General Sheikh Naim Qassem said in a speech during a September 22, 2024 funeral held for Hizbullah operations chief Ibrahim Aqil, a veteran Hizbullah operative who was killed in an Israeli airstrike in Beirut alongside several top commanders from Hizbullah’s elite Radwan Unit, that the United States is fully complicit in Israel’s aggression, crimes, and genocide and will not be able to convince anybody otherwise. He said that America is destined for destruction just like Israel and led the crowd in chants of “Death to America!” Qassem also said that the Zionists have “globalized the resistance in Palestine,” and “caused the elixir of resistance to develop in fetuses.” Qasem promised that the Lebanese front in support of Palestine will continue until the war in Gaza ends. In addition, he promised that the residents of northern Israel will not be able to return to their homes, that more Israelis will be displaced, and that the new phase of the conflict is called “the Battle of the Unsettled Score.” Moreover, he promised that Hizbullah will act “out-of-the-box” and will fight and kill the Israelis in places they do not expect.
Sheikh Naim Qassem: “America is soaked from head to toe in the aggression and genocide alongside Israel. The American deception will not succeed in covering its total involvement with Israel. Look how intensive the American statements are. Every hour, another one comes forward – the official spokesman, the White House spokesman, the Black House spokesman, the Pentagon spokesman… Why are you talking so much? We know that when people talk a lot, it’s because they cannot convince anyone. By Allah, you will convince no one. You, America, have hit rock bottom. When you charlatans are like that, nobody believes you. In any case, you will join Israel, and Allah willing, Israel’s crimes and killing will lead to its destruction.”
Chant Leader: “Death to America!”
Crowd: “Death to America! Death to America!”
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Qassem: “Oh Zionists, you have globalized the resistance in Palestine. You have caused the elixir of resistance to develop in the fetuses. It becomes a component in child development. Today, if we run a DNA test, we will find a piece of the DNA that is shared by all those children, women, men, and elderly, and it is called: ‘Resistance until victory.’
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“The Lebanese front of support for Gaza will continue for as long as it takes until the war against Gaza ends. In addition, the people of northern Israel will not return [to their homes]. On the contrary, the displacement will only increase, and our support [of Gaza] will expand.
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“We do not need to make threats, and we will not specify how we will respond to the aggression. We have entered a new phase, which is called ‘the Battle of the Unsettled Score.’ We will continue confronting [Israel] in the [Gaza] support front, and from time to time, we will act ‘out-of-the-box,’ and we will fight and kill them where they expect it and where they do not.”