Hezbollah chief Sheikh Naim Qassem said the 2024 war with Israel was “a difficult and very complicated battle.”

“Throughout 40 years, we had not faced such a big pressure and such a big danger, but thank God we emerged from this battle with strength, determination, firmness and continuity, and God willing we shall continue,” Qassem said in a message to an Iranian ceremony marking two years since Hamas’ October 7 attacks on Israel.