Nasrallah: Israel will fail in Gaza

Published December 29th, 2008 - 03:45 GMT

Hizbullah leader Hassan Nasrallah on Monday urged Arab and Muslim peoples to launch "uprisings" in support of Gaza Strip. Nasrallah, addressing a rally in south Beirut in support of Gaza, also predicted that Israel would fail in defeating Hamas.  He said an Israeli incursion into Gaza would be "confronted by resistance fighters and the Israelis would start sustaining casualties."

 

The Israeli war in Gaza, according to Nasrallah, is "not against Hamas, but against the Palestinian people."

 

He added the United States "would not mind if an Islamist faction ruled an Arab state. What matters is the stand that this faction adopts on Israel and its readiness to succumb to America." Nasrallah urged his followers to remain on alert in case needed to confront any possible Israeli attack.