BI News, Agencies : Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah said the October 7 attack was led by Hamas, and the decision was 100% Palestinian, and was done in complete secrecy. “Absolute secrecy is what ensured the brilliant success of the October 7 operation through the factor of surprise. Operation Al-Aqsa Flood was decided 100% Palestinian, its implementation was 100% Palestinian, and its owners hid it from everyone,” he said in his first speech since the start of Hamas militants and Israel war.
“The Hamas decision was right, wise and courageous, came in the right timing,” he added.
Celebratory gunshots rang out over Beirut as thousands packed into a square in the Lebanese capital’s southern suburbs to watch a televised speech by Nasrallah, the leader of the militant Lebanese Hezbollah group.
The speech came a day after the most significant escalation in clashes between Hezbollah and Israeli forces on the border since the war started and on the same day as a visit to Israel by the top US diplomat. US Secretary of State Antony Blinken met with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to urge protections for civilians in the fighting with Hamas, as Israeli troops tightened their encirclement of Gaza City.
In his lengthy remarks, Nasrallah praised the Hamas attack four weeks ago in which the militants attacked farming villages and military posts in southern Israel. More than 1,400 people were killed in Israel in the attack.
