Hezbollah airs audio recording of late leader Nasrallah

BEIRUT, Oct. 13 (Xinhua) — Hezbollah on Sunday released an audio recording of its late leader Hassan Nasrallah via the group’s Al-Manar TV.
In the audio recording, Nasrallah, addressing resistance fighters during a military maneuver, said, “We count on you … to defend your people, your families, your homeland, your values, and your dignity.”
Nasrallah was killed in an Israeli airstrike on Dahieh, a southern suburb of Beirut, on Sept. 27 while meeting at Hezbollah’s headquarters there with several senior commanders.
Since Sept. 23, the Israeli army has been launching intensive airstrikes on Lebanon, particularly in the southern suburbs of Beirut, a Hezbollah stronghold, in a dangerous escalation with Hezbollah.
The conflict between Israel and Hezbollah erupted one year ago when Hezbollah fired a barrage of rockets at Israel in support of Hamas at the start of the Gaza war. ■