STORY: Hezbollah vows retaliation to Israeli killing of military commander
SHOOTING TIME: Aug. 6, 2024
DATELINE: Aug. 8, 2024
LENGTH: 00:00:43
LOCATION: Beirut
CATEGORY: POLITICS

SHOTLIST:
1. various of attendees listening
2. SOUNDBITE (Arabic): SAYYED HASSAN NASRALLAH, Hezbollah leader
3. various of attendees listening

STORYLINE:

Hezbollah Leader Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah on Tuesday vowed a strong and impactful retaliation to the assassination of the group's senior military commander Fouad Shokor, Al-Manar local TV channel reported.

"Our retaliation to the assassination of our commander is inevitably coming, and it will be impactful and strong. We may choose to retaliate in cooperation with other resistance powers in Iran and Yemen or separately," Nasrallah said in a televised speech to commemorate Shokor one week after his death.

SOUNDBITE (Arabic): SAYYED HASSAN NASRALLAH, Hezbollah leader
"Our response will be alone or in the context of a unified response. This is a big war, and the blood of our people is too expensive and dear. The assassinations will not pass without retaliation."

Nasrallah also threatened to attack factories in northern Israel, each according to Nasrallah, worth billions of U.S. dollars.

"All of these are located in northern Israel; it took 34 years to build all these factories, but it takes half an hour to destroy them all," he said.

Nasrallah said Israel constitutes a big danger in the region. "This danger cannot be faced with fear and hesitation; all Muslims must assume their responsibilities," he said.

Caution prevails in Lebanon and Israel following the latter's attack on Dahieh in Beirut's southern suburbs that killed Shokor and seven civilians. Nasrallah has repeatedly threatened a definite and painful response to the Israeli attack.

Tensions along the Lebanon-Israel border escalated on Oct. 8, 2023, following a barrage of rockets launched by the Lebanese armed group Hezbollah toward Israel in solidarity with Hamas's attack on Israel the day before. Israel then retaliated by firing heavy artillery toward southeastern Lebanon.

Xinhua News Agency correspondents reporting from Beirut.
(XHTV)