Five key takeaways from Nasrallah’s speech after Hezbollah-Israel attacks
Al Jazeera
After Hezbollah strike on Israeli intelligence site, its leader says time will tell if ‘deterrence’ has been restored.
Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah has made a televised speech after a heavy exchange of fire between the Lebanese group and Israel.
Hezbollah’s attack on Sunday was billed as its response to the Israeli assassination of its senior military commander Fuad Shukr in Beirut last month.
Israel said it had launched a preemptive strike on Hezbollah sites in Lebanon before the attack began and denied any significant damage in Israel.
Here are five key takeaways from Nasrallah’s speech:
Since October 8, the day when Hezbollah and Israel began exchanging attacks a day after the war on Gaza began, there have been fears that the fighting would escalate into a regional war, drawing in Iran and the United States.
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