Qassem Denies Divisions Within Hezbollah, Says Group 'Has Recovered'

Qassem denies divisions within Hezbollah, says group 'has recovered'

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Hezbollah Chief Admits Underestimating Israel’s Surveillance Ahead of Pager Attack, Warns Resistance ‘Has Limits’

Hezbollah leader Sheikh Naim Qassem delivers a speech from an unknown location, Nov. 20, 2024, in this still image from video. Photo: REUTERS TV/Al Manar TV via REUTERS. Hezbollah chief Sheikh Naim Qassem admitted that the Lebanese terror group severely underestimated the extent of Israel’s surveillance and intelligence capabilities ahead of last September’s pager attack, exposing major security failures within its ranks. In an interview release…

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Hezbollah Chief: Security Failings Led to Pagers Attack

Hezbollah leader Naim Qassem has owned up to the failure of his organisation to protect itself from infiltration as it stepped up its campaign against Israel as part of the self-styled ‘Axis of Resistance.’ The violence was impeded by an alleged Israeli plot to use exploding communication devices. Now reportedly living in Tehran, having fled Lebanon, the former deputy leader of the Islamist Iranian proxy group told an interviewer: The explosive…

What Hezbollah’s chief revealed about the deadly pager attacks

Hezbollah Secretary-General Naim Qassem has, for the first time, offered detailed insight into how Israeli intelligence infiltrated the group’s internal systems, culminating in the deadly Israeli pager and walkie-talkie bombings that killed dozens and wounded thousands in September last year. In a televised interview with Beirut-based Al-Mayadeen channel on Tuesday, Qassem confirmed that Israeli intelligence had infiltrated the group's procureme…

Hezbollah Chief Admits Group Was Blindsided by Israeli Intelligence in Deadly Pager Operation

Hezbollah leader Naim Qassem has admitted that the group gravely misjudged the scale and sophistication of Israel’s intelligence capabilities, following a covert Israeli operation last September in which thousands of booby-trapped pagers detonated across Lebanon, killing dozens and injuring thousands of Hezbollah terrorists. In a rare interview with the pro-Hezbollah Al-Mayadeen news outlet, Qassem confirmed that an internal investigation reveal…