Qassem Says Assassination of Any Hizbullah Figure in Syria Can't Go Unpunished
Hizbullah deputy chief Sheikh Naim Qassem has warned Israel that the assassination of any Hizbullah operative in Syria cannot go unpunished.
“The assassination of the martyr Samir al-Quntar is part of Israel's attempt to create new rules of engagement and to give the impression that killing operations in Syria can go without a response,” Qassem said in an interview.
“Some media outlets claimed that Hizbullah does not consider al-Quntar one of its actual cadres, but Hizbullah Secretary-General Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah's remarks were clear regarding the response,” Hizbullah number two added.
“The Israelis understood the message: operating in the Syrian arena to assassinate officials or members of the resistance and Hizbullah cannot go unnoticed,” Qassem went on to say.
Tensions surged between Israel and Hizbullah in recent days after the party accused Israel's air force of carrying out a raid that killed Samir al-Quntar near Damascus.
On Sunday, Nasrallah reiterated a pledge that his group will retaliate to the assassination. “The retaliation to Samir's assassination will inevitably come,” Nasrallah vowed, noting that the timing and place of the response is now in the hands of Hizbullah's fighters and military commanders.
Qassem noted that Israel “has not directly assassinated any Hizbullah cadre or figure inside Lebanon since 2006 because it knows that such a move might blow up the situation.”
“They thought that bombing in Syria might not push Hizbullah to retaliate out of fear of possible repercussions … but we responded in the occupied Shebaa Farms in Lebanon” in January 2008, in the wake of the assassination of Hizbullah's top operative Jihad Mughniyeh and five other Hizbullah members.
Hizbullah played a key role in Quntar's release from prison after he had spent 30 years in Israeli jails, becoming known as the longest-serving Arab prisoner.
Shortly after his release, Quntar joined Hizbullah.
The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said he became "head of the Syrian Resistance for the Liberation of the Golan," a group launched two years ago by Hizbullah in the Syrian region, most of which Israel seized in the 1967 Middle East war.
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01 January 2016, 18:03
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LOL! Wow your two comments above are as retarded and childish as both you of you...Bravo M14 Hating LOSERS...When the response comes the first words that will undoubtedly come out of your mouth will be more rubbish :) Happy 2016 ;)
01 January 2016, 18:46
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Because March 14 are the definition of cowards, they like to whine about retaliation, and when the Resistance actually retaliates, then all March 14 cries in agony and tells them to stop immediately.
March 14 Alliance = The garbage of Lebanon.
01 January 2016, 18:19
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Filthy murdering militia, remember to do it Syria. THe civilized Lebanese want no part of you.
01 January 2016, 19:13
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Anjad!! Im dying (not literally like ur democracy loving organ eating head chopping "Take-Beer" alliance)...Is that how u remember the events Texy?!! M14 Selective memory at its finest! Haram wallah I piety you all of you! Still praying for a day when our brothers from Ahul Sunni finally get a good strong leader like in the days of Nassar or the ORIGINAL Raffic Hariri to finally correct all of your diluted courses #YourAllSad
01 January 2016, 21:29
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You are Iran dogs, therefore you pay the cost of your deeds.
Israel Jailed Quntar for many years and could have food poisoned him so very easily and eliminated him while in Jail. Instead you never learned the Jail lesson and continued your terrorist acts in Lebanon and also in another country but this time you were ordered to terrorize the Syrian people, so a guided missile took care of business.
02 January 2016, 01:43
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If we use Hezbollah logic, no investigation would be necessary in the assassination of Hariri. Mustaqbal-supporters should just pick out the usual suspect and retaliate with violence. Who needs evidence?
02 January 2016, 06:40
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the night security guard forgot to shout "labayka ya husein".
