TEHRAN – Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei has slammed Israel’s Friday attacks on Lebanese soil, which razed entire building blocks in Beirut’s southern suburb of Dahiyeh.

In a message published on Saturday, Ayatollah Khamenei reminded Israel of its past defeats at the hands of Hezbollah, warning that their current aggression in Lebanon will ultimately result in regret. He predicted that the regime’s aggression will only strengthen the Resistance movement.

The full text of the message is as follows:

The massacre of defenseless people in Lebanon, on the one hand, disclosed the savage nature of the mad Zionist dog, and on the other hand, laid bare the short-sightedness of the regime and the absurdity of its policies.

The regime’s ruling terror gang has not learned from its past year of criminal war in Gaza and has not managed to understand that the mass killing of civilians including women and children cannot affect the strong construction of the Resistance and destroy it.

The Zionist criminals should know that they are too small to cause important damage to the strong construction of Hezbollah in Lebanon. All the Resistance forces of the region are with Hezbollah and support it.

The fate of this region will be decided by the Resistance forces led by Hezbollah. The people of Lebanon have not forgotten that once upon a time, the military forces of the usurping regime used to put Beirut under their boots. It was Hezbollah that defeated them and made Lebanon dear and proud.

Today, too, Hezbollah will make the aggressive enemy regret [its aggression]. It is obligatory for all Muslims to stand firmly with the people of Lebanon and Hezbollah with their resources and help them confront the usurping, cruel, and evil [Israeli] regime.