Hezbollah’s highest ranking official vows to continue fighting Israel despite losses inflicted on the group

 Hezbollah’s highest-ranking official Naim Qassim vowed to continue the group’s mission to fight Israel and defend Palestinians despite losses incurred by the group in Lebanon.

Israel’s claims about having hit most of the group’s medium- and long-range missiles is a “dream that they have not achieved nor will they achieve,” he said.

“We are ready if Israel decides to enter through land and the resistance is ready for a clash.”

“All the sacrifices that we have gone through, beginning with the pagers, to the martyrdom of our leaders and the martyrdom of our secretary general… would shake armies, populations and organization, yet we continue. With the pains of these days, with the sacrifices, we continue.”

Hezbollah will continue its “targets and field goals” as laid out by Nasrallah, he said.

“The Islamic resistance will continue confronting the Israeli enemy in support of Gaza and Palestine, and to defend Lebanon and its population, and in response to the assassinations and the killing of civilians,” he said.

This is the first public address by a figure from the group since the assassination of its leader Hassan Nasrallah.