The political editor wrote:
– The absence of direct indications about the nature of the military response promised by Hezbollah’s Secretary-General Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah does not imply the absence of key points within the speech that shed light on the anticipated response.
– Sayyed Nasrallah told the leaders of the occupation entity and its settlers, “You are currently celebrating, exchanging congratulations, and handing out treats.Laugh and enjoy it while you can, because soon you will have plenty to cry over. This is consistent with the statement that “the response will not be symbolic; a serious and painful response is under planning, one that will cause you to weep and regret and will exceed your ability to endure.”
– Sayyed Nasrallah stated, “You are unaware of the red lines you have crossed and violated. If we differentiate between the assassination operation and the provocation against Beirut’s southern suburb – meaning the capital – and similarly the provocation against Tehran – the capital – both involve powers with sufficient strength to wage war, each of which individually has on its side the balance of fear against the occupation entity and its army, then in an existential sense, this means that Iran and the resistance are compelled to respond with a very strong and substantial retaliation to establish deterrence that prevents the repetition of such violations – and that’s if we consider the assassination attempts had failed, so how about when we integrate the assassination operations of senior leaders in the equation of attacking the core by violating the internal security of the capitals? Responding is the responsibility of the resistance, as much as it is the responsibility of the Iranian state.
– The ambiguity that Sayyed Nasrallah aimed to create, which also shapes Imam Ali Khamenei’s statements about the Iranian response, has a deliberate practical function. It is designed to deplete the entity’s capacity to analyse, prepare, and allocate resources for dealing with and anticipating responses.
– This ambiguity is not due to a lack of clarity; the situation is very clear – Iran, the resistance, and similarly Yemen, Iraq, and other members of the Axis of Resistance understand the current situation. Sayyed Nasrallah summarised it by saying that the situation has evolved beyond mere support fronts and battles in Gaza; it now represents a state of war with all conceivable scenarios. This was the meaning intended by saying: “What lies between you and us are days, nights and the battlefield. So, await our responses and see for yourselves.”
– “Is the response going to be conducted separately by each party or is it unified and integrated?… This too is a matter to be determined by days, nights and the battlefield.”
– “We have moved into a state of war, and the only thing remaining between us and the full realisation of this war are days, nights and the battlefield.”
