Nasrallah: What has Been Achieved in Gaza Up To Now is a Victory to the Resistance and a Failure to Israel
Hizbullah Secretary-General Sayed Hassan Nasrallah affirmed that what has been achieved up to now in Gaza is a direct victory of the Palestinian resistance and a failure to Israel.
During a Ashoura celebration on Wednesday evening, Nasrallah said that the Palestinian resistance has managed to absorb the first strike to come out fully intact.
"According to the Israeli-Arab conspirators plan, the first air strike was supposed to collapse the Hamas government and Palestinian factions. The aim was to force the Palestinian resistance to call on the Arabs to end the battle, after which an Israeli land operation would commence," Nasrallah said.
"The Israelis said they have benefited from the Lebanon July war. However, it appears that the Palestinian resistance was the sole beneficiary," Nasrallah added.
He considered Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert, Defense Minister barak and Foreign Minister Levni are all running away from pinpointing the objective of their aggression for fear of losing.
"Their objective is clearly to destroy the Hamas government and the Palestinian resistance prior to the coming of the new U.S. administration that will work on preparing for a new international peace conference with American, European, Israeli and moderate Arab participation with the aim of arriving at an insulting settlement," He said.
Nasrallah said that the Israeli air force is incapable of settling the battle, considering the land operation a two edged sword.
"If they (Israel) win it”s a sword, if they lose it is also a sword. What makes them hesitate is their fear of losing," Nasrallah explained.
He referred to Egyptian official statements saying they don”t convince any one in the Arab and Muslim worlds saying: "Such explanations are worthless politically, morally and religiously."
Nasrallah called on Arab peoples to press the Egyptian government to open the Rafah passage to Gaza.