But Hezbollah’s acting leader, Sheikh Naim Kassem, said in a defiant televised statement that his group’s military capabilities were still intact despite “painful blows from Israel”.
“We’ve degraded Hezbollah’s capabilities. We took out thousands of terrorists, including Nasrallah himself and Nasrallah’s replacement, and the replacement of the replacement,” Netanyahu said in a pre-recorded video message.
“Today, Hezbollah is weaker than it has been for many, many years,” Netanyahu said in the video message directed at the people of Lebanon. Debris covers a damaged vehicle and the ground after a overnight Israeli airstrike in Qmatiyeh, Lebanon.He said the Iran-backed group had replaced all of its senior commanders after weeks of heavy Israeli airstrikes across large parts of Lebanon, including targeted strikes that killed much of its top command in a matter of days.“Dozens of cities are within range of the resistance’s missiles. We assure you that our capabilities are fine.
In northern Israel not far from the Lebanon border, warning sirens sounded regularly throughout Tuesday as authorities said Hezbollah fired almost 200 rockets into Israel.
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