Whether Nasrallah’s speechwriter was killed in an attack: Israel mocks the Hezbollah leader’s ‘boring speech’.

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The big questions in the war between Israel and Hamas remain whether Iran, Hezbollah or Fatah will intervene directly in the conflict and spark a larger regional conflict. Hamas controls the Gaza Strip, Fatah controls the West Bank. Apart from military, logistical and financial support, Tehran, Hezbollah and Fatah are careful not to openly declare war on Israel.

On Friday, Hezbollah boss Hassan Nasrallah (63) gave a long-awaited speech. There were fears that Hezbollah could open a new front in support of Hamas and that the war risked spreading to other countries in the region.

Nothing Hamas wanted to hear

But Nasrallah left it with more general threats. He called for a ceasefire in the Gaza Strip and warned that clashes on Israel’s border with Lebanon, Hezbollah’s stronghold, could “realistically” escalate into a wider conflict in the Middle East.

It was a speech with long-winded perseverance slogans. With the assurance that Hamas would win gloriously. But this war is a Palestinian issue. Nasrallah, who has reportedly been living in a bunker in Beirut for years, left it open as to whether his group would open a new front against Israel. In the end, Nasrallah said nothing Hamas wanted to hear.

Israel mocks Nasrallah

Israeli government spokesman Eylon Levy mocked the Hezbollah leader in an initial response: “We listened to Hassan Nasrallah’s long and stormy speech,” the Times of Israel quoted him as saying. “I admit it was so boring that I don’t know if his speechwriter was killed in the recent Israeli army attacks on Hezbollah in the north.”

Nasrallah had his speech broadcast on screens from a secret location. Levy accused Nasrallah of cowardice. He himself did not dare to go on stage: “He hid like a coward in a bunker.” And Levy doubled down with sharp words: “If I were to give an hour-long speech defending the pedophile rapists in Hamas, I would also be afraid to show my face in public.”

Ceasefire only after all hostages have been released

After meticulous preparation of the ground offensive in Gaza, this Israel is adamantly sticking to its strategy to eliminate Hamas. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu (74) is also not responding to US pressure for a humanitarian ceasefire.

On Friday, Netanyahu said his government has rejected a ceasefire in the Gaza Strip unless Hamas releases all hostages.

Source: Blick