Hezbollah chief says tens of thousands of ‘trained’ combatants ready to fight Israel

People sit in a cafe as they listen to Lebanon’s Hezbollah new leader Sheikh Naim Qassem delivering a televised address, in Beirut, on Nov. 6, 2024. (Reuters)
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  • “We have tens of thousands of trained resistance combatants” ready to fight, he said

BEIRUT: Hezbollah chief Naim Qasem said Wednesday his group had tens of thousands of combatants ready to fight Israel, in a speech marking 40 days since his predecessor was killed in a strike.
“We have tens of thousands of trained resistance combatants” ready to fight, he said, adding that nowhere in Israel was “off-limits” to the group’s attacks.