Chief of Shiite armed group Hezbollah, Hassan Nasrallah, said Saturday night the resistance in the besieged Gaza Strip will inflict big loses on the "enemy" whose troops entered the enclave, al-Manar TV reported.
"We will be witnessing new victories of blood over the sword" in Gaza, Nasrallah told tens of thousands of followers who gathered in Hezbollah's stronghold of the southern suburbs of Beirut.
"Israeli incursions in Gaza are aimed at slicing Gaza and imposing a new status quo," Nasrallah said, noting that the battle will be defined when the resistance kills Israeli soldiers and destroys tanks.
The resistance, namely Palestinian militant groups led by Hamas, will win the battle, said Nasrallah, whose movement fought Israel in a devastating 34-day conflict in the summer of 2006.
He also accused Arab regimes of "collaborating with Israel to defeat the resistance."
Addressing those claiming the war in Gaza is a regional conflict, he said "Let those who are trying to turn Gaza into a regional conflict keep their mouth shut because what is going on is for defending Palestine."
Nasrallah took the lead in defending the Palestinians in Gaza since the beginning of Israeli air raids on Dec. 27.
On Saturday night, Israeli troops began ground incursion into Gaza after eight days of air and sea bombardment of the crowded territory, home to some 1.5 Palestinians.
Source:Xinhua
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