00:16Iran's most powerful regional ally, Hezbollah, has just issued a fiery warning to Israel,
00:23with its chief declaring that the group is ready for war, claiming it is time to avenge
00:28Iran's supreme leader Ali Khamenei.
00:31In a strong and highly charged speech on March 4th, Hezbollah's Secretary General Naim Qasim
00:39accused Israel and the United States of carrying out what he called continuous aggression against
00:46Lebanon.
00:48Speaking during the holy month of Ramadan, Qasim said the conflict has now stretched for over
00:53one year and three months, and according to him, Hezbollah had shown restraint.
01:00He claimed that Hezbollah respected the November 27th, 2024 ceasefire agreement alongside the
01:08Lebanese government, but accused Israel of violating every clause of that deal.
01:14For 15 months, he said, Hezbollah avoided retaliation, choosing diplomacy instead, so that the Lebanese
01:24state could take responsibility for protecting the country.
01:27country.
01:27But then came the warning.
01:30Patience has limits.
01:34According to Qasim, Israeli strikes and violations continue daily even after the Lebanese army deployed
01:42south of the Latani river, a move that was supposed to reduce tensions.
01:48Hezbollah claims that in these 15 months, nearly 500 fighters and civilians were killed, averaging one death every day.
01:58He also alleged more than 10,000 land, sea, and air violations by Israel, citing data from the United Nations
02:07and the Lebanese army.
02:08What followed was a further accusation against Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu,
02:16whom Qasim accused of pursuing a vision of a greater Israel stretching from the Euphrates river to the Nile river.
02:25According to him, such ambitions pose an existential threat to Lebanon and the wider region.
02:32He insisted that the real issue is not Hezbollah's weapons, not internal politics,
02:39but what he calls Israeli occupation and repeated violations of Lebanese sovereignty.
03:04Hezbollah's
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