Hezbollah's Hassan Nasrallah gave a speech today where he explained his mindset on a number of issues.
On the one hand, he claimed that Hezbollah doesn't target civilians - but then he said they do, in retaliation to any civilian deaths in Lebanon.
He claimed that Israel is lying about casualties in the north, and many more are dying. I guess they are hiding those funerals.
He said, "To those asking about the benefit from opening the southern front we say that there are two objectives -- pressing the enemy to halt its aggression against Gaza and alleviating the military pressure against Gaza. There are 120,000 Israeli troops on the border with Lebanon and they have been prevented from being on Gaza's border."
Nasrallah seems to see this battle as an opportunity for Israel to concede more land to them.
On his side, he told the families of the Hezbollah "martyrs" that “What I wish and hope for, were it not for my security circumstances, is to stand by your side and kiss your hands and foreheads.” So ghis message to them is that his life is a lot more valuable than the ones he sends out to die.
