Hezbollah vows to continue fighting “the enemy” after Nasrallah’s death.(CNN NEWS)_
Hezbollah has vowed that it will “continue its fight to confront the enemy” in a statement Saturday, after it confirmed the death of its leader Hassan Nasrallah in an Israeli airstrike on Beirut.
The group described Nasrallah as a “sacred martyr” who led the group since 1992, saying that he was killed in a “treacherous Zionist airstrike on the southern suburbs” of the Lebanese capital. Israel said Saturday morning that it killed Nasrallah in an airstrike in southern Beirut on Friday.
“The leadership of Hezbollah pledges to the most supreme, sacred, and dearest martyr in our journey, filled with sacrifices and martyrs, that it will continue its fight to confront the enemy, in support of Gaza and Palestine, and in defense of Lebanon and its steadfast and honorable people,” the statement said.
“His Eminence Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah, Secretary-General of Hezbollah, has joined his great and eternal martyred companions, whom he led for nearly thirty years, guiding them from victory to victory,” it continued.
The Hezbollah-owned Al-Manar TV channel switched to Quranic recitations, an Islamic gesture declaring mourning.
Hamas also issued a statement mourning Nasrallah.