{"id":295185,"date":"2024-09-20T06:01:11","date_gmt":"2024-09-20T06:01:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/?p=295185"},"modified":"2024-09-21T05:34:45","modified_gmt":"2024-09-21T05:34:45","slug":"hezbollah-leader-says-walkie-talkie-attacks-a-declaration-of-war-as-israel-carries-out-lebanon-air-strikes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/?p=295185","title":{"rendered":"Hezbollah leader says walkie-talkie attacks a \u2018declaration of war\u2019 as Israel carries out Lebanon air strikes"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1 style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Anthony France \u2013 Evening Standard Sept 19, 2024<\/strong><\/h1>\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wpa-warning wpa-image-missing-alt aligncenter size-full wp-image-275283\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/Nasrallah-adresses-Hezbollah-rally.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"427\" data-warning=\"Missing alt text\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/Nasrallah-adresses-Hezbollah-rally.jpg 640w, https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/Nasrallah-adresses-Hezbollah-rally-480x320.jpg 480w\" sizes=\"(min-width: 0px) and (max-width: 480px) 480px, (min-width: 481px) 640px, 100vw\" \/><\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.standard.co.uk\/topic\/hezbollah\">Hezbollah<\/a>\u2019s leader said this week\u2019s two deadly attacks on the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.standard.co.uk\/topic\/lebanon\">Lebanon<\/a>-based <a href=\"https:\/\/www.standard.co.uk\/news\/world\/explosions-beirut-walkie-talkie-radios-hezbollah-pager-blasts-israel-mossad-b1182793.html\">militant group\u2019s pagers and walkie-talkies<\/a> is a \u201cdeclaration of war\u201d.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.standard.co.uk\/topic\/hassan-nasrallah\">Hassan Nasrallah<\/a> admitted the two-day attack, which killed at least 37 and wounded thousands, was a \u201csevere blow\u201d and warned that Israel had crossed a \u201cred line\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>As Nasrallah spoke in a televised address from an unknown location, Hezbollah and the Israeli military traded new strikes over the border.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYes, we were subjected to a huge and severe blow,\u201d Nasrallah said of the attack widely believed to be carried out by Israel\u2019s spy agency on<a href=\"https:\/\/www.standard.co.uk\/comment\/israeli-device-attacks-pagers-explosion-walkie-talkies-hezbollah-lebanon-b1182931.html\"> communications devices which exploded in faces of Hezbollah members,<\/a> even crippling or blinding some fighters<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe enemy crossed all boundaries and red lines,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n<p>Israeli war planes flew low over Beirut and broke the sound barrier during the speech creating huge \u2018sonic booms\u2019 that shook the city.<\/p>\n<div align=\"center\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">BREAKING: Sky&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/sparkomat?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@sparkomat<\/a> hears sonic boom during live report in Beirut<a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/PAiZ4D1jU3\">https:\/\/t.co\/PAiZ4D1jU3<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\uf4fa Sky 501, Virgin 602, Freeview 233 and YouTube <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/esZagBcirY\">pic.twitter.com\/esZagBcirY<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Sky News (@SkyNews) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/SkyNews\/status\/1836777449197068371?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">September 19, 2024<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><br \/>\n&#8212;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>The Israeli military had launched air strikes on southern Lebanon overnight.<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile two Israeli soldiers were killed in combat on Thursday in the north of Israel.<\/p>\n<p>Israel&#8217;s N12 News said one of them was killed by a drone and the other by an anti-tank missile fired by Hezbollah across the Lebanese border.<\/p>\n<p>As usual, Nasrallah spoke by video from an undisclosed location.<\/p>\n<p>Hezbollah typically convenes a rally for supporters to watch his speeches on a big screen, but this time they did not.<\/p>\n<p>There is no doubt \u201cwe\u2019ve been breached\u201d, he said before adding Israel tried to kill 5,000 in two minutes and that the blasts were unprecedented in the history of both Lebanon and the world.<\/p>\n<p>Nasrallah called the device attacks \u201ca declaration of war\u201d and says Israeli prime minister <a href=\"https:\/\/www.standard.co.uk\/topic\/benjamin-netanyahu\">Benjamin Netanyahu<\/a>\u2019s military paid \u201cno heed to innocent people\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>Turning to how Hezbollah intends to respond, Nasrallah said. \u201cIn the name of all those who\u2019ve lost martyrs, who were injured, in the name of all those who\u2019ve fought in the name of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.standard.co.uk\/topic\/gaza\">Gaza<\/a>, we tell Netanyahu and Gallant, to the enemy, that the Lebanese front will not stop before the aggression in Gaza stops.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe resistance in Lebanon will not stop supporting the people of Gaza and the West Bank.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>An investigation into how it happened has been launched, he added.<\/p>\n<p>He said: \u201cIt can be called war crimes or a declaration of war &#8211; whatever you choose to name it, it is deserving and fits the description. This was the enemy&#8217;s intention.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Speaking to Israeli troops on Wednesday, Israeli Defence Minister Yoav Gallant said: &#8220;We are at the start of a new phase in the war &#8211; it requires courage, determination and perseverance.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>He made no mention of the exploding devices but praised the work of Israel&#8217;s army and security agencies, saying &#8220;the results are very impressive&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p>Mr Gallant said that after months of fighting Hamas in Gaza, &#8220;the centre of gravity is shifting to the north by diverting resources and forces.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;In the new phase of the war there are significant opportunities but also significant risks. Hezbollah feels that it is being persecuted and the sequence of military actions will continue,&#8221; Gallant added in a statement on Thursday.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Our goal is to ensure the safe return of Israel&#8217;s northern communities to their homes. As time goes by, Hezbollah will pay an increasing price,&#8221; Gallant said.<\/p>\n<p>Israel will face &#8220;a crushing response from the axis of resistance&#8221;, Iran&#8217;s Revolutionary Guards Commander Hossein Salami told Nasrallah on Thursday according to state media.<\/p>\n<p>Speaking in Paris, U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken urged restraint, adding he did not want to see any escalatory actions by any party that make a Gaza ceasefire deal even more difficult.<\/p>\n<p>Hezbollah said earlier on Thursday it had targeted three military positions in northern Israel near the border, two of them with drones.<\/p>\n<p>The Israeli military said the drones crashed near communities. Hospitals reported they treated at least eight patients lightly or moderately injured. The military said early on Thursday it had struck several militant sites in southern Lebanon overnight.<\/p>\n<p>UK Foreign Secretary David Lammy urged British nationals to leave Lebanon, warning the situation could &#8220;deteriorate rapidly&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p>He said he had spoken to the Lebanese prime minister to express &#8220;deep concern over rising tensions and civilian casualties&#8221; amid ongoing hostilities between Israel and Hezbollah.<\/p>\n<p>He wrote on X: &#8220;My message to British nationals in Lebanon is leave while commercial options remain.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Tensions are high and the situation could deteriorate rapidly.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.standard.co.uk\/news\/world\/hezbollah-leader-walkie-talkie-attacks-gaza-war-israel-lebanon-air-strikes-b1183020.html\">Source<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Nasrallah denounces Israeli attacks as a \u2018declaration of war\u201d. As the IDF moves more troops and armour to the border with southern Lebanon and Netanyahu convenes a meeting with top military commanders   <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":39262,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[58,37],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-295185","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-Current_Affairs","category-Israel_Anti-Semitism_Zionism_and_US-UK_allies"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/295185","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/39262"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=295185"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/295185\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":295205,"href":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/295185\/revisions\/295205"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=295185"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=295185"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=295185"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}