Key facts
- Hezbollah chief Naim Qassem stated Israel has been unable to break the group.
- Qassem spoke at a ceremony marking the second anniversary of Hassan Nasrallah's death.
- Hezbollah demonstrated Israel could not achieve its goals to break resistance, end Hezbollah's existence, consolidate occupation, or establish settlements in Lebanon.
- The address was televised at a gathering in Beirut's southern suburbs attended by thousands of supporters.
Hezbollah chief Naim Qassem said on Sunday that Israel had been unable to break his Iran-backed group, at a ceremony marking two years since Israel killed the movement’s longtime leader Hassan Nasrallah. Qassem spoke at a gathering in Beirut’s southern suburbs attended by thousands of supporters. He asserted that Hezbollah has demonstrated that Israel and its soldiers “were unable to achieve their goals to break the resistance, end its existence, consolidate the Israeli occupation and establish settlements in Lebanon.” The remarks were televised.