Israeli fighter jets are reportedly flying over Beirut as Hezbollah chief Hassan Nasrallah gives his speech.
State media said the jets were breaking the sound barrier over the Lebanese capital.
Videos posted on social media showed Israeli warplanes flying low and shooting flares.
In a televised address, Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah concedes that the terror group has suffered a “major and unprecedented” blow, but vows it will recover and keep on fighting
“The Israeli effort has largely been thwarted,” Nasrallah says. “We will probe what happened,” he adds, adding that an investigation committee has been established.
“We will not fall, and we will come out stronger. We are preparing to face even worse attacks.”
“There is no doubt that Hezbollah, since it joined the fight, has registered impressive achievements in the north of Israel,” he adds, claiming that the “criminal” attacks against Hezbollah’s portable devices were conducted by Israel to cover up its incapacity to achieve a military breakthrough against Hezbollah in the north, where it is “embroiled in a war of attrition.”
“We tell [Prime Minister Benjamin] Netanyahu, [Defense Minister Yoav] Gallant and the Israeli people: We will not stop our attacks as long as the enemy does not halt its war in Gaza.”
Nasrallah says pager blasts violated ‘all red lines,’ was attempt to carry out ‘massacre’
In a public address, Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah blames Israel for the coordinated pager and walkie-talkie attacks on Tuesday and Wednesday, saying the attack “violated all red lines.”
In his first comments since the coordinated attacks that were blamed on Israel, Nasrallah called the attacks “an unprecedented massacre.”
“On Tuesday, Israel intended to kill 4,000 people in one minute by detonating the pagers. Many of them were civilians,” the terror leader claims, even though the devices appear to have been distributed only to Hezbollah operatives. “The following day, 1,000 more in one minute. In two minutes, Israel intended to kill 5,000.”
“We have suffered a heavy blow. This is war, this is conflict. We know the enemy, not only Israel but also the US and NATO, has technological superiority,” he says.
IDF chief approves battle plans for northern front
IDF Chief of Staff Lt. Gen. Herzi Halevi held an assessment and approved battle plans for the northern front a short while ago, the military says.
The statement comes amid soaring tensions with the Hezbollah terror group in Lebanon.
IDF says it’s carrying out strikes to destroy Hezbollah capabilities in south Lebanon
The IDF announces that it is carrying out a wave of airstrikes against Hezbollah targets in southern Lebanon, aimed at taking away the terror group’s capabilities.
“The Hezbollah terror organization has turned southern Lebanon into a war zone, and for decades armed the homes of the citizens with weapons, dug tunnels under them and used them as human shields,” the IDF says.
“The IDF is working to create security in the north that will allow the residents to return to their homes, and to achieve all the other war goals,” the military adds.
Lebanese media report large Israeli airstrikes near Deir Qanoun al-Nahr in the Tyre district.
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