Supporters of the Lebanese Hezbollah resistance movement listen to the group’s leader Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah delivering a speech during a gathering to commemorate International Quds Day in Beirut, Lebanon, on May 31, 2019. (Photo by EPA)

The head of the parliamentary bloc of the Lebanese Hezbollah resistance movement says the Tel Aviv regime is extremely afraid of the expanding capabilities of his group.

Despite all unfolding developments, the Israeli enemy seems terrified of the growing capabilities of Hezbollah. It is fairly obvious that Israel will not be able to escape this equation of balance of terror, Mohammad Raad said in an interview with the Beirut-based and pro-Hezbollah al-Nour radio station on Monday.

He added that the fundamental task of Hezbollah following the liberation of southern Lebanon from Israel’s occupation in 2000 is to safeguard its values.

The resilience of Hezbollah in the face of such intense pressures is itself a triumph. The challenge has swollen and taken a wide range of forms, targeting the resistance movement and exerting pressure on it through financial blockade in a bid to dry up resources needed to create enough force to confront potential risks posed by the enemy, Raad noted.

Speaking in an exclusive interview with Lebanon’s Arabic-language al-Manar television network on April 13, Hezbollah Deputy Secretary General Sheikh Naim Qassem said his movement is fully prepared for confrontation in case the Israeli regime opts to launch any act of aggression against the Arab country.

Last May, Hezbollah Secretary General Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah cautioned Israel against waging a war on Lebanon, stressing that Israeli forces will be destroyed in such a case.

All in Israel know that any war on Lebanon needs to be decisive and swift. Hezbollah remains fairly capable and utterly determined irrespective of sanctions imposed on it. The Zionist regime of Israel fears launching a new war, even on the besieged Gaza Strip, let alone Lebanon. All Israeli battalions will be destroyed under the eyes of mainstream media and the entire world, if they dare enter Lebanon. We will not compromise on even one iota of the Lebanese soil, Nasrallah said at the time.

’Hezbollah ready to work with incumbent government’

Elsewhere in his remarks on Monday, Raad emphasized that Hezbollah is ready to cooperate with the incumbent Lebanese government even though it consists of a large group of political factions and does not represent our political team.

He also warned about efforts made to undermine the new Lebanese government in a bid to deal a blow to Hezbollah, saying that if such efforts are aimed at dealing a blow to Hezbollah, this is a total catastrophe.

The lawmaker emphasized that nobody can undermine Hezbollah by bringing about the downfall of the government.

SOURCE: PRESS TV