Hezbollah’s Media Relations Officer, Mohammad Afif, claimed from Beirut’s Southern Suburb the Islamic Resistance in Lebanon’s responsibility for the operation targeting the residence of Zionist Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in Caesarea.
Below we publish the whole statement and the Hamas statement celebrating the attack:
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You thought for a moment that it was over and that a system led by Awkar [US embassy] had been established, but you misunderstood the situation and Lebanon’s structure.
I don’t understand why you are saddened when we strike “Tel Aviv.”
It bothers you that Hezbollah has regained its capabilities, as acknowledged by the enemy… and yet you don’t believe it.
The United States is a partner in the aggression against Lebanon, prolonging it, and the arrival of its envoy does not change our view that America is the mother of terrorism.
We renew our confidence in President Nabih Berri and affirm that there will be no negotiations under fire.
The enemy’s pretexts and justifications about the presence of weapons depots in Al-Dahiye have fallen.
There is no justification for bombing Al-Qard Al-Hassan. It is a licensed civilian institution. The goal is to shake confidence with the Lebanese people. Hezbollah does not pay salaries or fund its armament from this institution.
Al-Qard Al-Hassan has prepared for this day and will do its duty toward the depositors.
To the leaders of the occupation: Iron for iron, blood for blood, and fire for fire.
The enemy is responsible for safeguarding the lives of the prisoners, and we call on the Red Cross to ensure that. What is extracted from prisoners under pressure holds no value. We are a people who do not leave our prisoners in prisons.
It won’t be long before we have prisoners from the enemy, and we will negotiate over them.
The enemy has committed a series of massacres in recent days, particularly in Muhaybib, Nabatiyeh, and Baalbek, which followed our targeting of their camp in Haifa.
Your resistance, as well as the command and control system, are in excellent condition and functioning at their best. Military and logistical support lines have returned to their previous state. We have skilled fighters whose numbers exceed the needs of the fronts, and the daily rate of defensive and offensive operations is on the rise.
The daily rate of operations is increasing, averaging 25 per day.
The enemy has suffered heavy losses in personnel and tanks, particularly in Qawzah, Ramia, and Taybeh. The occupation’s acknowledgment of some of these losses, despite military censorship, is only a fraction of what is happening on the ground. We continue to strike their forces and military bases, while they respond by targeting civilians.
The shelling of the zionist north and its depths will continue and its intensity will increase both in quantity and quality over time.
The Islamic Resistance claims responsibility for the operation targeting the home of the criminal Netanyahu in “Caesarea.”
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Hamas
The military spokesperson for the al-Qassam Brigades, the military wing of the Hamas movement, Abu Obeida, praised Tuesday the top-tier operation in which the Islamic Resistance in Lebanon – Hezbollah targeted the residence of occupation Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.
Abu Obeida pointed out that this operation sends a message to the leaders of the occupation entity stating that the martyrdom of Resistance leaders does not weaken any movement but rather increases its momentum and determination to inflict further pain on the occupation.
The al-Qassam spokesperson also stressed that Hezbollah’s operation conveys to the leaders of the Israeli occupation regime that they “will not escape the rightful retribution of the free and resisting forces of the Ummah, even if they manage to evade the blindfolded international justice.”
Earlier on Tuesday, Hezbollah’s Media Relations Officer, Mohammad Afif, claimed from Beirut’s Southern Suburb the Islamic Resistance in Lebanon’s responsibility for the operation targeting Netanyahu’s residence in Caesarea on October 19.
During a press conference, Afif addressed Netanyahu, warning, “The eyes of the Resistance’s fighters are watching, and their ears are listening. If our hands did not reach you this time, we have the days, nights, and the battlefield between us.”
The operation sparked significant Zionist concerns over Hezbollah’s drones and the threat they pose to Israeli air defenses, particularly as they reached one of the most heavily guarded areas within the occupation entity.
Israeli media reported a couple of days ago that a drone had reportedly made a direct impact on Netanyahu’s place of residence in Caesarea, southern Haifa, noting that he and his wife “were not present at the location.”
Details available revealed that the drone was able to directly hit its target, causing casualties post-detonation.
The occupation military admitted that air defenses were unable to intercept the drone as it pierced through occupied territories.
The media reported a major failure in an interception operation, as an infiltrating drone flew right beside the military helicopter searching for it on the outskirts of occupied Haifa.
Three drones made their way from Lebanon to Haifa, with only two being detected and intercepted, according to the Zionist military. The third one, however, struck a building in Caesarea accurately, which was later confirmed to be Netanyahu’s residence. Eyewitnesses confirmed that the explosion was huge.
The Zionist Army Radio quoted a military source as saying that the security services are “investigating the security gaps that allowed a drone to reach Netanyahu’s residence in Caesarea,” an incident seen as “a very flagrant security failure.”