Following are excerpts from an address delivered by Hizbullah Secretary-General Hassan Nasrallah at a rally, which aired on Al-Manar TV on May 11, 2012.
Hassan Nasrallah: In 2006, we definitely could have struck Tel Aviv to a certain extent. But we wanted to protect our capital, Beirut, so we did not strike Tel Aviv. Today, however, not only are we capable of striking the city of Tel Aviv as a whole, but we are capable – if Allah wills it – of striking very specific targets in Tel Aviv and anywhere else in occupied Palestine.
Cheering from the crowds
Hassan Nasrallah: Gone are the days when we would leave our homes, but they would not leave their homes, which they built o plundered [lands]. Gone are the days when we would be displaced, but they would not be displaced. Gone are the days when our homes were destroyed, but their homes remained intact. Gone are the days when we would be afraid, but they would not.
I say to you: The time has come when we will survive, and they will be annihilated.
Cheering from the crowds
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