Naim Qassem, deputy to Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah, speaks for the first time following his leader’s death, stresses that ‘the war is long, but we will emerge victorious.’ Naim Qassem, deputy to Hezbollah’s eliminated leader Secretary-General Hassan Nasrallah, spoke for the first time since Nasrallah’s death, saying that his terror group will recover from the latest blows dealt to it.

“Our dead are a very serious issue, but we are sure that the enemy will not achieve its goal,” Qassem said, emphasizing that soon a new Secretary-General would be chosen to replace Nasrallah.

“We are on the battlefield and we will not move a bit from one of Nasrallah’s positions. We are continuing our work according to the organizational structure and in accordance with the alternate plans.”

Qassem stressed: “We know that there will be a long war, and we are prepared to deal with any event, and we will emerge victorious.”

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