Israel Wrong to Think Closure of Tunnels Will Save It: Hezbollah
TEHRAN (Basirat) : Leader of the Lebanese resistance movement Hezbollah said Israel was deeply wrong to think that the closure of tunnels it claims has discovered would save it from future attacks by the resistance movement.
Speaking to the Lebanese TV station al-Mayadin on Saturday, Sayyed Hassan
Nasrallah mocked Israel’s claim that it had discovered secret tunnels used by
the group on the border between Lebanon and the occupied Palestinian
territories.
He said some of the secret tunnels run by Hezbollah that Israel claims to have
discovered and destroyed in a recent operation had been built by the Lebanese
group over a decade ago.
"What surprises us is that the Israelis were late to discover these tunnels ...
some of those tunnels preceded the 2006 war,” Nasrallah said.
The Lebanese leader said the tunnels formed only a small part of Hezbollah’s
strategy to target Israel in case a war erupts between the two, adding that it
was Tel Aviv regime’s fantasy to claim that destruction of tunnels has saved it
from future attacks.
"Is it logical that Hezbollah would enter the Galilee with thousands of fighters
through four tunnels?” he said, adding, "I do not know whether we will attack
the Galilee by sea, air, land or tunnels.”
Nasrallah also refused to confirm the existence of other tunnels leading to the
Israeli-occupied territories, saying that should remain a "constructive
mystery.”
The Hezbollah leader said that Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and his
military commanders failed to undermine Hezbollah through their revelations
about the tunnels, saying a two-month operation that ended this month and was
meant to expose the four tunnels had effectively helped Hezbollah because it
caused fear among Israeli settlers.
"All of Netanyahu's goals failed, and he also helped us in the realm of
psychological warfare,” he said, according to Press TV.
Source: Tasnim