Lebanon in ‘state of war’ following pager explosions – Hezbollah chief

The sabotage operation was an “unprecedented” attack by Israel, Hassan Nasrallah has said

Israel committed a “massacre” by detonating thousands of pagers across Lebanon, Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah has said, describing the alleged Mossad operation as “a declaration of war.”

In a highly anticipated speech following this week’s attacks, Nasrallah accused Israel of committing a “massacre” without regard for civilian casualties.

”This is sheer terrorism. We’ll call them Tuesday’s massacre and Wednesday’s massacre. These are war crimes or at least a declaration of war,” Nasrallah said. Noting that some of the devices had detonated in schools, hospitals, and residential buildings, the Hezbollah chief said the operation had crossed “all restrictions and red lines.”

“There is no doubt that we suffered a major security and humanitarian blow, unprecedented in the history of our resistance,” he conceded. “We have been hit hard, but this is the state of war, and we understand that the enemy has technological superiority.”

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