The Islamic Resistance issued on Monday a statement that hailed the popular return to South Lebanon villages which consecrated Lebanon’s steadfastness and victory in face of the Zionist enemy.

What follows is the text of the statement:

O our people… O the noblest of Allah’s creation, the most honorable of people; today, the will of determination in you has risen, and the will of the enemy has been broken. You have crossed, despite the cowardice of their soldiers, towards your villages, where the enemy’s objectives shattered at their walls, and their tanks burned by the hands of your sons, the fighters of the Islamic Resistance.
The bodies of the martyrs, planted in the soil, today feel the sound of your footsteps, and their pure souls hover around the banner that has not been broken, the banner under which you march towards victory, a victory that you truly deserve, just as you have always been worthy of all victories.
O our people and our families… Your crossing yesterday and today, seen by our vigilant eyes, was that of confident conquerors. And here we bow our heads, extending the salute of arms, fight, and resistance to every mother, father, brother, sister, elder, and child, in the name of every fighter among us and in the name of the souls of the martyrs who irrigated the soil of the homeland with their blood.

Peace be upon you, your patience, your loyalty, your victory, and Allah’s blessings upon you. All praise is due to Allah, Lord of the worlds.

Raising Hezbollah flags, Lebanese southerners on Sunday defied Israeli threats and return to their villages as the 60-day deadline set by the ceasefire agreement for the Israeli enemy to withdraw from southern Lebanon expired at dawn.

Hezbollah Secretary General Sheikh Naim Qassem highlighted on Monday that Lebanon is facing an occupier who is aggressing and refusing to withdraw, stressing that the resistance has the right to act, as it sees fit, regarding the form, nature, and timing of the confrontation.

Source: Al-Manar English Website