Acting leader Sheikh Naim Kassem, assigned to the position following the IDF's assassination of former longtime leader Hassan Nasrallah during an airstrike on Sept. 27, announced in a televised statement on Tuesday, Oct. 8, that Hezbollah would continue to fire rockets deeper into Israel in a bid to displace even more Israelis and deter any further aggression against Lebanon.
Kassem also claimed that Hezbollah's military capabilities were still intact despite the serious damage caused by Israel's indiscriminate airstrikes against southern Lebanon and Beirut.
"We are firing hundreds of rockets and dozens of drones. A large number of settlements and cities are under the fire of the resistance. Our capabilities are fine, and our fighters are deployed along the front lines," Kassem said.
Kassem further stated that Hezbollah's top leaders are still leading the conflict, and that the commanders recently assassinated by Israel have all been replaced. "We have no vacant posts," he claimed.
He added that Hezbollah will name a new leader to replace Nasrallah, who was killed while hiding out from Israeli airstrikes in an underground base in Beirut last month. "But the circumstances are difficult because of the war," he said. (Related: Hezbollah's next projected leader is reportedly a hardliner with deep religious, political and familial ties to Iran.)
Hezbollah recently announced the launch of a "large salvo" of nearly 100 rockets at major Israeli settlements, including Tel Aviv and the northern city of Haifa. The IDF later confirmed that it detected missiles crossing the border and claimed that it had intercepted most of them.
Meanwhile, the IDF claimed to have killed another senior Hezbollah commander, Suhail Hussein Husseini, in a recent strike on Beirut. Husseini was responsible for managing Hezbollah's headquarters and its logistics and budgetary needs, and allegedly handled weapons transfers between Iran and Hezbollah. Hezbollah has not confirmed Husseini's death.
In addition to the airstrikes, Israel has been carrying out ground attacks on Lebanese territory. The Israeli military said a fourth division – the 146th "Ha-Mapatz" Division – is now participating in the invasion.
The Ha-Mapatz Division is composed entirely of reservists and has entered southern Lebanon, increasing the number of Israeli soldiers attempting to occupy Lebanon to over 14,000.
Conflict between Hezbollah and Israel has killed more than 1,300 people in Lebanon, mostly civilians
The conflict, which intensified in mid-September, has displaced over one million people in Lebanon and killed more than 1,300, the vast majority of whom are civilians.
Hezbollah began attacking Israeli military outposts along its border with Lebanon in support of Palestinians as the IDF was invading the Gaza Strip. Hezbollah continues to launch dozens or even hundreds of rockets into Israel per day.
In Gaza, where Israel is still operating an intense military campaign, no less than 30 people, along with six children and two women, were killed on Monday, Oct. 7. Al-Aqsa Martyrs Hospital, where the bodies were taken, gave an updated death toll the following day as more bodies were recovered from the rubble.
As reported by Gaza's Health Ministry, the Palestinian death toll in the war in Gaza is nearing 42,000.
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