TEHRAN - Addressing the Israeli regime on Monday, Hezbollah's Media Relations Officer Mohammed Afif told a press conference “Our missiles will surprise you.” 

Afif also told Hezbollah fighters that the actual events on the ground are in “your hands alone”. 

The fighters, he said, will have the final say in politics, "perhaps determining the fate of the Middle East".

"The enemy is still unable to occupy a single Lebanese village, and the epic of the al-Khiam Fortress stands as a living testament to heroism."

For several weeks, the Israel occupation forces (IOF) made a lot of effort to take control of the strategic Lebanese border village of al-Khiam. 

The IOF faced fierce resistance from Hezbollah fighters. Many Israeli troops from two elite units were killed and injured, forcing the occupation to withdraw its military from the village. 

The battle of al-Khiam reflects the wider IOF failure to invade southern Lebanon. 

"You will not win your war through air superiority, bombings, or killing civilians, including women and children," Afif asserted. 

Officials in Tel Aviv have claimed to have wiped out 80% of Hezbollah's missile stockpile, which experts say is part of the Israeli propaganda war to satisfy public opinion back home. 

"The Israeli claims about our depleted missile stock are mere fabrications; our missiles will surprise and offer the answer [to these fabrications]," Afif underlined. 

Touching on the recent Israeli-instigated hooligan violence in Amsterdam, he said, "The message from pro-Palestine protesters in the Netherlands and around the world is that Israel is isolated."

Afif also described relations with the Lebanese army as "strong", saying, "We appreciate its role in protecting our land and national security."

He also warned the regime, "To those who fought the (Lebanese) army and killed its officers, you will not succeed in breaking the bond between the army and the resistance."

"Our resistance, our people, and our environment have been targeted for a year by various political and media campaigns with clear objectives. Our resistance was born on our occupied land, our fighters are Lebanese, and we are not a faction serving anyone," he emphasized. 

In response to a question about the political process and the resistance, Afif replied, "If you hear of a political movement, know it is due to the steadfastness of the heroes of the resistance on the battlefield. We are not creators of defeat, and our concept of victory is to prevent the enemy from achieving its political and military objectives; non-resistance is defeat."

Afif went on to say, "There are those promoting a culture of defeat, waging a war of terminology by describing the aggression as Israel’s war on Hezbollah."

He also said there is a growing political debate in Moscow, Washington, Tehran, and other capitals following Trump's return to the White House. 

However, he noted that Lebanon has received no updates yet on a political solution to the war and is still in a probing phase, and what Hezbollah is hearing is "limited to media outlets".

Afif also said Hezbollah is prepared for a prolonged war with the occupation regime. 

"The aggression is already extensive, and the occupation has avoided setting specific objectives to avoid repeating its mistakes of the (2006) July War. The occupation refrains from setting ultimate goals or high expectations due to the strength of the resistance in Lebanon and the difficulty of confronting it."

Hezbollah's military media office issued 22 statements by Tuesday outlining the operations that the Lebanese resistance movement has conducted against Israel.

Hezbollah maintained that all its operations came "in support of our steadfast Palestinian people in the Gaza Strip and backing their courageous and honorable resistance, and in defense of Lebanon and its people."

The statements offered details on the operations that were aimed at repelling the IOF's attempts to advance along the Lebanese-Palestinian borders, countering enemy drones and warplanes, and targeting enemy military sites, bases, and settlements in northern and central occupied Palestine. 

Some of the operations came "in the context of the evacuation warnings issued by the Islamic Resistance (Hezbollah) to northern settlements."

Among the notable operations, Hezbollah struck Israeli military bases and targeted the Zvulun Military Industries Base, north of Haifa with a rocket barrage.

The Israeli Amiad Base (Northern Command Headquarters), south of the city of Safad, was targeted with a large rocket barrage.

Drones were also used as part of the "Khaibar operations" to strike the Raghavim Base (the main training base for the Golani Brigade) 65 km from the Lebanese-Palestinian border south of Haifa. They hit "hit the target precisely," the media office said.