Hezbollah Leader Vows Revenge Against Israel: Afternoon-night War

The leader of Hezbollah Hassan Nasrallah. (Wikimedia Commons/Khademei.ir)

JAKARTA - Lebanese Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah vowed to retaliate for the Israeli assassination of the group's main military commander.

Israel's attack on Hezbollah on the southern suburbs of Beirut on Tuesday killed top commander Fuad Shukr, along with an Iranian military adviser and five civilians.

This is the most serious blow to Iran-backed groups in nearly two decades and threatens to push each other to revenge on the southern border of Lebanon along with the Gaza War into a major regional conflict.

Speaking in a televised address to commemorate the funeral of the killed commander, Nasrallah said the conflict had entered a new phase unlike the previous phase.

Hezbollah said Israel had crossed the red line by attacking the group's camp.

Nas sallah mengatakan negara-negara yang tidak disebutkan namanya telah meminta kelompoknya untuk membalasan dengan cara yang dapat diterima atau tidak sama sekali.

But he said it was "impossible" for the group not to give a response.

"There is no discussion on this. The only thing that exists between us and you is day, night and battlefield," Nasrallah continued as a threat to Israel.

Nasmillah said Hezbollah had suspended operations over the past two days to honor the victims of the attack, but would return to normal work from tomorrow morning, although retaliation for Shukr's murder would be carried out later.

"The response will come, either spread or simultaneously," he said.

Just hours after the assassination of Shukr, Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh was killed in the Iranian capital, Tehran, in an attack widely accused by Israel.

Nasrallah said anyone who tries to prevent the region from experiencing a slump must seek to realize a ceasefire in Gaza.

"There will be no solution here except to stop aggression in Gaza," he said.