Hezbollah Leader: 'We Will Not Surrender, Patience Has Limits'

Hezbollah leader Naim Qassem stated that his organization will not surrender, regardless of the sacrifices required. 'Patience has its limits,' Qassem emphasized in his first speech since the start of the war with Israel.

Qassem described Israel as an 'existential threat' to Hezbollah, claiming that recent Israeli attacks on Lebanon were a 'premeditated attack.' Hezbollah seeks to halt the Israeli-American offensive and withdraw Israeli forces from Lebanon.

'Hezbollah and its Islamic resistance are responding to the Israeli-American attack, and this is its legitimate right. It is our choice to confront them until the ultimate sacrifice, and we will not surrender,' Qassem said in a speech broadcast on the organization's television channel.