(27 Sep 2024)
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Tehran, Iran – 27 September 2024
1. Worshipers carrying flags of Iran and Hezbollah after Friday prayers in Tehran
2. Various of crowds chanting slogans in support of Hezbollah and its leader Hassan Nasrallah
3. SOUNDBITE (Farsi) Gen. Ali Fadavi, deputy commander-in-chief of the Revolutionary Guard:
"If (Israel) starts a ground war, that’s something desirable for Hezbollah. (Israel will suffer) a huge defeat and the whole world will see that defeat."
4. Various of crowd chanting and waving flags
5. SOUNDBITE (Farsi) Yusof Shakoori, worshiper:
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"These are the Zionist regime’s last efforts. Because it has been defeated in the battlefield against resistance fighters, it is now committing those crimes."
6. Various of crowd marching and chanting
STORYLINE:
A top Iranian military commander said Friday a ground operation by Israel against the Iran-backed Hezbollah will end in a "huge defeat" for Israel.
"If (Israel) starts a ground war, that’s something desirable for Hezbollah. (Israel will suffer) a huge defeat and the whole world will see that defeat," said Gen. Ali Fadavi, deputy commander-in-chief of Iran’s paramilitary Revolutionary Guard.
He made the comments during a rally attended by worshipers after Friday prayers in Tehran.
Later in the day, the Israeli military said it struck the central headquarters of Hezbollah in Beirut, where a series of massive explosions leveled multiple buildings, sending clouds of orange and black smoke billowing in the skies.
Israel is preparing for a possible ground operation in Lebanon, its army chief said Wednesday as Hezbollah fired dozens of rockets across the border and a missile aimed at Tel Aviv that was the militant group’s deepest strike yet.
Addressing Israeli troops on the northern border, Chief of Staff Lt. Gen. Herzi Halevi said Israel’s punishing airstrikes this week were designed to ”prepare the ground for your possible entry and to continue degrading Hezbollah.”
The U.S., France and other allies jointly called for an “immediate” 21-day cease-fire in the conflict that has killed more than 600 people to “provide space for diplomacy.”
Tensions between Israel and Hezbollah have steadily escalated since war broke out 11 months ago between Israel and Hamas, another Iran-backed militant group.
Hezbollah has been firing rockets, missiles and drones into northern Israel in solidarity with Palestinians in Gaza and Hamas.
Israel has responded with increasingly heavy airstrikes and the targeted killing of Hezbollah commanders while threatening a wider operation.
AP video shot by Mohsen Ganji
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