'Zionists Too Small To Damage Hezbollah': Khamenei's Message To Israel After Nasrallah's Death

Moments after Israeli military announced the killing of Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah in targeted strikes in Lebanon’s Beirut, Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei issued a statement saying that the zionist criminals (referring to Israel) are too small to cause damage to Hezbollah.

In X posts, Khamenei said, “Zionist criminals should know that they are too small to cause significant damage to the strong structure of Hezbollah in Lebanon. All the resistance forces in the region are standing by Hezbollah and support it.”

He further warned Israel that mass killing of women and children cannot affect the strong structure of the resistance and destroy it.

“The killing of defenseless people in Lebanon once again revealed to everyone the ferocity of the Zionist rabid dog, and on the other hand, it proved the short-sightedness and stupid policy of the leaders of the usurping regime. The terror squad ruling the Zionist regime did not learn from their one-year criminal war in Gaza and failed to understand that the mass killing of women, children and civilians cannot affect the strong structure of the resistance and destroy it,” he said.

Khamenei  further stated that the Resistance forces will retaliate with Hezbollah leading the way.

He also urged all the Muslims to support the people of Lebanon by offering assistance and resources to Hezbollah.

Khamenei Relocated To Safer Place

Some reports have claimed that Khamenei has been relocated to a secure location inside the country with tightened security measures in place.

The sources claimed that Iran was in constant contact with Lebanon’s Hezbollah and other regional allies to determine the next plan of action.

Earlier, Khamenei had called an emergency meeting of the country’s Supreme National Security Council at his home on Friday, The New York Times reported, citing two Iranian officials with knowledge of the meeting.

The Israeli Defense Forces (IDF) said that Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah had been killed during a targeted airstrike in Beirut on Friday, September 27.

Israel Breaks Hezbollah’s ‘Military Chain of Command’

The strike, which also killed Ali Karki, the Commander of Hezbollah’s Southern Front, was carried out by Israeli Air Force (IAF) fighter jets at the group’s Central Headquarters, reportedly located underground beneath a residential building in the Dahieh area.

The name of the Israeli military operation that reportedly assassinated Nasrallah is named “New Order.”

“During Hassan Nastallah’s 32-year reign as the Secretary-General of Hezbollah, he was responsible for the murder of many Israeli civilians and soldiers, and the planning and execution of thousands of terrorist activities,” the IDF said in a statement confirming Nastallah’s killing.

The meeting was said to be called in a rush as they believed that Israel’s escalation in Lebanon targeting the Hezbollah positions could spiral out of control and reach Iran.

Earlier this year, Iran’s President Ebrahim Raisi was killed when his chopper crashed in a mountainous region near the Azerbaijan border. Later, the reports claimed that the helicopter carrying Raisi, a hardliner who was seen as a potential successor to Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, crashed due to poor weather conditions, a claim that remains at the centre of debate.