New Hezbollah Secretary General Sheikh Naim Qassem vowed on Wednesday that the so-called “absolute victory” which Israeli Prime Minister promises will turn out to be an “absolute defeat” to Israelis.

In his first televised address after his election as a secretary general after martyrdom of former S.G. Sayyed Hasan Nasrallah, Sheikh Qassem said that Hezbollah is fully ready for a long war, affirming that the Lebanese resistance group will emerge victorious and more powerful after the war.

His eminence described the resistance in Gaza and Lebanon as epic, as he stressed that Hezbollah will never beg for a settlement and that the war will end according to the resistance’s terms.

“The Israeli enemy won’t be able to impose its conditions,” Sheikh Qassem said via Al-Manar.

He said that following the blows Hezbollah has suffered since the pager attacks on September 17, and then the assassination of its senior leaders including former Secretary General Sayyed Hasan Nasrallah, the resistance managed to rise and recover.

“Heavy Responsibility”

Sheikh Qassem started his speech by mourning Head of Hezbollah Executive Council Sayyed Hashem Safeiddine and Hamas Leader Yahya Sinwar.

“Sayyed Safeiddine was one of the most prominent people whom late Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah relied on.”

On Sinwar, Sheikh Qassem said: “He was the icon of heroism and resistance for Palestine and the free people of the world. Martyr Sinwar scared the enemy in his prison, in his freedom, and he will continue to scare them after martyrdom.”

He then thanked Hezbollah’s leadership and the Shoura Council over their trust as they chose him to assume this “heavy responsibility.”

“This responsibility is the will and the legacy of martyr Sayyed Hasan Nasrallah and other senior leaders who martyred,” Sheikh Qassem said.

He vowed that under his leadership, “Hezbollah will continue to work on the same path of martyr Sayyed Hasan Nasrallah.”

Al Manar report