Nasrallah: Israel Should Brace for Retaliation Over Kuntar’s Death

BEIRUT (Reuters) —
Lebanon's Hezbollah leader Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah addresses his supporters via a screen during a commemoration service marking one week since the killing of Hezbollah militant leader Samir Qantar, in Beirut's southern suburbs, December 27, 2015. Samir Qantar was killed in an Israeli air strike in Damascus. REUTERS/Aziz Taher
Lebanon’s Hizbullah leader Hassan Nasrallah addresses his supporters via a screen during a commemoration service marking one week since the killing of Hizbullah terrorist leader Samir Kuntar, in Beirut’s southern suburbs, Sunday. (Reuters/Aziz Taher)

Hizbullah leader Hassan Nasrallah said on Sunday that Israel miscalculated by killing prominent terrorist Samir Qantar in Syria last week, saying that retaliation for his death was inevitable, regardless of the consequences.

Hassan Nasrallah, speaking in a ceremony to mark a week since Kuntar’s death, said Israelis should brace themselves for a response either inside or outside Israel. “The response is coming no matter what… We cannot forgive the shedding of our mujahideen blood by the Zionists…anywhere in the world,” he said.

Although Israel has welcomed news of Kuntar’s death, it has not confirmed whether or not it carried out the air strike that killed him eight days ago.

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