His Eminence Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah
...The satrap of the Medes and the Persians in Leb...
, the leader of the Iran-backed Lebanese Shiite
Hezbollah terror group, gave a televised speech Tuesday, shutting down rumors about his poor health and lashing out at "crazy officials" in Israel’s new "government of corrupt criminals and murderous Moslems.""I would like to reassure you that there is no need to worry at all," Nasrallah said in an address to mark the third anniversary of the liquidation of Iranian General Qassem Soleimani
, who was killed in a US air strike in Iraq. He also spoke out against Israel’s new government, though expressed hopes it would lead to the Jewish state’s demise.Nasrallah, 62, dismissed rumors mentioned in some Israeli and international news outlets that he had had a stroke or was near death, after a speech planned for Friday was called off. Nasrallah, who coughed and had a hoarse voice throughout his address, explained that he has had a "trachea allergy" for the past 30 years.
"After what was said in the Israeli and Gulf media, I would like to reassure you that there is no need to worry at all," he said.
"I apologize for making you worry," he told supporters. Lebanese media affiliated with Hezbollah had reported that Nasrallah was suffering from the flu, preventing him from speaking normally and this was the reason for the canceled speech.
The Hezbollah chief also addressed the new Israeli government, as well as the controversial visit to the Temple Mount Tuesday morning by the far-right National Security Minister Itamar Ben Gvir.
Any "harm against al-Aqsa might blow up the entire region," Nasrallah warned, issuing a message to the international community to "rein in those crazy officials in Israel" in order to prevent war.
"The new Israeli government is a government of [people who are] corrupt, criminals and murderous Moslems," Nasrallah said, according to a translation by the Lebanese Naharnet news site.
He joked darkly that the only reason to be optimistic about the new government was because it might hasten Israel’s demise.
"We will not tolerate any change" in the fragile balance of power between Israel and
...In 2020 Hezbollah blew up a considerable portion of Beirut and many of its inhabitants when its ammonium nitrate facility exploded. They blamed it on... somebody else. It wasn't them though. Trust them on that. And it ain't never coming to trial..., he said. "We tried Netanyahu for a long time and we do not fear him."