Hezbollah Secretary-General says the Resistance will never surrender to Israeli or American pressure, rejects direct negotiations with “Israel”, and vows continued defense of Lebanon.
The Resistance will never surrender to Israeli or American pressures, Hezbollah Secretary-General Sheikh Naim Qassem pledged, vowing to turn the battlefield into a living hell unleashed on “Israel”, while calling on the Lebanese government to abandon direct talks with the occupation.
In a letter addressed to fighters and commanders of the Islamic Resistance released on Tuesday, Sheikh Qassem praised the Lebanese Resistance group’s resilience and outlined Hezbollah’s political stance, including its rejection of direct negotiations with “Israel”.
Addressing Hezbollah’s fighters directly, Sheikh Qassem hailed their morale and religious conviction as decisive weapons against the Israeli military.
“Your first-person view drones embrace the ground, tightening the noose around the Israeli occupier. Your UAVs instill fear in the tyrants and aggressors of this world. Your missiles shake their stability, leaving them anxious and psychologically distressed. Your faith is thunderbolts against the occupier, your spirit is a light that dispels their darkness, and your rush to the field unsettles their hearts and minds,” he wrote.
“They claimed you were finished and would be defeated. Yet your struggle has forged a model of resilience that has astonished the world,” Sheikh Qassem said, highlighting his fighters’ morale and capabilities.
He also ridiculed claims that Hezbollah had been weakened, saying, “They said: ‘You are finished, and you will lose!’ But your jihad shone as a legend of steadfastness that amazed the world. Where did you come from? How did you prepare? What is your never-ending number?”
“We face the criminal, barbaric Israeli enemy, supported by the bloodthirsty American tyrant, and countries panting behind their authority,” Sheikh Qassem wrote.
In his letter, Sheikh Naim Qassem listed five sovereign objectives for Lebanon: ending Israeli aggression by land, sea, and air; liberating occupied Lebanese territory; securing detainees’ release; allowing displaced people to return to their villages; and reconstruction.
In his closing remarks, he sent personal greetings to every fighter and offered condolences and congratulations to fallen comrades.
“My greetings to the fighters of the Resistance, one by one. Condolences and congratulations to your brothers, the martyrs,” he said.
Today on the Battlefield
The Islamic Resistance escalated on Tuesday its attacks on the Israeli occupation forces, South Lebanon, dealing a major blow to Al-Abbad site which lies directly on the Border between Houla town and the Palestinian territories.
In this regard, Hezbollah Military Media issued five out of 25 statements to illustrate the attack and its outcomes.
Islamic Resistance fighters targeted at 16:00 on Tuesday 12-05-2026 a military vehicle carrying two soldiers belonging to the “Israeli” enemy army at the Al-Abbad site with a loitering glider [FPV], achieving a confirmed hit, according to statement 15.
Statement 16 noted that Islamic Resistance fighters targeted at 16:15 on Tuesday 12-05-2026 a communications vehicle belonging to the “Israeli” enemy army at the Al-Abbad site with a loitering glider [FPV], and it was seen burning.
Islamic Resistance fighters targeted at 16:30 on Tuesday 12-05-2026 a second communications vehicle belonging to the “Israeli” enemy army at the Al-Abbad site with a loitering glider [FPV], and it was seen burning, according to statement 17.
Meanwhile, statement 18 added that Islamic Resistance fighters targeted at 16:45 on Tuesday 12-05-2026 a Merkava tank belonging to the “Israeli” enemy army at the Al-Abbad site with a loitering glider [FPV], achieving a confirmed hit.
Islamic Resistance fighters targeted at 17:00 on Tuesday 12-05-2026 a “Drone Dome” anti-drone jamming system at the Al-Abbad site with a loitering glider [FPV], achieving a confirmed hit, according to statement 19.
Sources: Al Mayadeen and Al Manar