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Nasrallah: Hezbollah missiles can target Israel
Earlier this month, Hezbollah hit an operated London-based Energean vessel by three unarmed drones.
Nasrallah stated then that it was the “first time” such a process had taken place and that it was meant to alert workers aboard the vessel that it “is not a safe area.”
“Our drones documented and returned from the Galilee and occupied Palestine tens of times over the past years and the enemy fell to shoot them down,” he said.
Energean reported it expects the first gas from Karish to flow in the third quarter, but Nasrallah has alerted that “no one” would be permitted to work in maritime oil and gas fields if Lebanon was banned from its “rights” in removing from areas off of its coast.
“If the extraction of oil and gas from Karish begins in September before Lebanon obtains its right, we would be heading to a problem and we’ll do anything to achieve our objective,” he said.
“Due to Europe’s need to replace Russian oil and gas, Lebanon is facing a historic opportunity,” he added.
US President Joe Biden recently came to the area because of oil and gas, Nasrallah said, adding, “But the additional oil of Saudi Arabia and the UAE will not solve Europe’s needs either. The war between Ukraine and Russia has made them look for alternatives to Russian oil and gas.”
Nasrallah emphasized, “The Lebanese government is not able to make a proper decision to protect this country and its resources. Therefore, the resistance is forced to make a decision. Our goal is for Lebanon to extract oil and gas because this is the only way to save Lebanon.”
“This is an action that must be taken. We will not accept any deception and we must take back our rights. Our goal is to make Lebanon extract oil and gas and to draw the maritime borders of this country correctly,” he stressed.
He also said, “I’m ready to bring free Iranian fuel for the Lebanese power plants if the Lebanese government agrees to this, but unfortunately there is no political courage in Lebanon for such a step because they fear US sanctions on individuals and their families.”
Nasrallah described Hezbollah’s capabilities, saying the resistance movement has constructed a significant deterrent power.
“I tell the Lebanese people that they should be confident in the resistance’s capabilities,” he said, adding, “There has been safety and security in Lebanon since 2006 due to the balance of deterrence.”
Nasrallah declared prior to 1982, that nothing prevented the Israeli enemy from invading Lebanon.
“The origins of deterrence began in 1985 when the enemy retired from several Lebanese areas due to a host of military operations. High deterrence occurred between 1993 and 1996,” he said.
