Beirut, November 3 (RHC)-- Hezbollah Secretary General Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah has said that Operation Al-Aqsa Storm was carried out entirely by Palestinian resistance movements.

“The great Al-Aqsa Storm Operation was decided and implemented 100 percent Palestinian,” Nasrallah said in a televised speech on Friday, in his first address since the Israeli offensive on the Gaza Strip began on October 7th.

“Absolute secrecy is what ensured the success of the Al-Aqsa Storm operation on October 7,” added the chief of the Lebanese Hezbollah resistance movement.  “We were not bothered by Hamas’s concealment of the October 7 attack plan,” he stated. 

“Conditions in Palestine in recent years have been extremely harsh, especially with this extremist, foolish, stupid, and savage [Israeli] regime,” he said. 

Nasrallah offered “condolences and congratulations” to the families of those killed in Gaza and the occupied West Bank, including those killed during Hamas’s al-Aqsa Flood operations inside Israel, which, he says, “has extended on a number of fighting fronts.”

“This is a seamless battle at the human, ethical and religious levels. It’s the most evident, the most honest and the most noble.”  “Our true strength lies in our firm belief, unshaken conviction, our devotion and commitment to the cause.”

Nasrallah began the speech by praising “the fallen martyrs” of Hezbollah and the other resistance groups fighting Israel, as well as the civilians killed.

“I start by offering my deepest condolences to the families of the fallen here in Lebanon, and at the same we congratulate you as your loved ones have won the honor of martyrdom.”

“We must salute the… strong and brave Iraqi and Yemeni hands who are now involved in this holy war.”

“There had to be a major event that would shake the usurping entity and its supporters in Washington and London and this is when the blessed operation of the October 7 took place.”

(This news item is being updated.)