Al-Qassam Brigades, the military wing of the Palestinian resistance movement Hamas, announced on Thursday their support for Hezbollah’s ongoing operations in southern Lebanon, voicing confidence that the Lebanese resistance group will “complete the mission” of destroying the Israeli tanks.
In a video message, Al-Qassam Brigades referenced a previous statement by former Israeli Defense Minister Yoav Gallant, who had said, “The tanks that leave Rafah … can reach the Litani River” in southern Lebanon.
Displaying scenes of targeting Israeli tanks and vehicles in Gaza’s Rafah, Al-Qassam Brigades said in the video: “Our message to our brothers in the Islamic Resistance: These are the tanks leaving from Rafah, and we are sure that you will complete the mission.”
Al-Qassam Brigades concluded their message by invoking the words of former Hezbollah Secretary General Martyr Sayyed Hasan Nasrallah who at time responded to Gallant’s threat by saying: “You will have no tanks left.”
The video message by Hamas’ Al-Qassam deliberately constructs a shared battlefield narrative by the two resistance groups, suggesting that what begins in Gaza can be “completed” in Lebanon.
Al-Qassam’s message comes as Hezbollah’s Islamic Resistance fighters confront the Israeli forces attempting to advance in south Lebanon’s so-called “targeted groud operation.” On Thursday the Lebanese resistance fighters ambushed occupation forces in the border town of Taybe, destroying at least five Israeli Merkavas.
Source: Al-Manar English Website