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Alwaght- Hezbollah Secretary General Sayyed Hasan Nasrallah has praised the Palestinian people for their courageous confrontations against the Israeli enemy in al-Quds, Gaza and different areas across the West Bank.
Speaking during a ceremony held in the first Night of Muharram,  Sayyed Nasrallah voiced Hezbollah's full support for Palestinian people in its battle against the Israeli enemy.
He stressed that Palestine is the central battle in the region, calling for supporting these people against the Israeli occupation with all forms.
Sayyed Nasrallah congratulated the Muslim nation on the new Hijri Year, noting that Mina tragedy and the confrontations in Palestine are the two main events which took place in the region in the last few weeks.
Palestinian battle is crucial
Sayyed Nasrallah stressed that Palestine is the central battle in our region, as he hailed the courage of the Palestinian people.
“The region witnesses active and popular movement to defend al-Aqsa in what seems like a Third Intifada,” noted the Hezbollah leader in an address to people commemorating the first night of Ashura ceremonies in Sayyed Shihada Complex in the Lebanese capital, Beirut.
The resistance movement leader said that the Palestinian people once again surprised the world through their new form of resistance, referring to stabbing attacks carried out recently by Palestinians against Israelis.
In this context, Sayyed Nasrallah voiced Hezbollah’s full support for the Palestinian people, calling for a worldwide support for this courageous people.
“Palestinian people have no choice but resistance, they are the leaders of this battlefield, let them decide their form of resistance.”
Saudi Historic Oppression
On the Mina stampede, Sayyed Nasrallah lashed out at the Saudi neglect during the Hajj season for this year. His eminence said that up till now the real toll of the incident was not disclosed by the Saudi authorities.
“There are hundreds who are still missing. At least there is a Saudi incompetence in handling the Hajj pilgrimage for this year,” Sayyed Nasrallah said.
The resistance leader noted that Riyadh has rejected calls for other countries to take part in probing the Mina stampede, stressing that participating in such an investigation is a just demand by any country whose nationals died in the incident.
Talking further about the incident, Sayyed Nasrallah said that the pilgrims who were injured in the incident say that they were left for hours without help, adding that this points to Saudi incompetence in handling the recent Hajj season.
Sayyid Nasrallah slammed the silence of some countries whose nationals died in the Mina tragedy.
Meanwhile, he praised the bravery of the Supreme Leader of the Islamic Revolution in Iran; Imam Sayyed Ali Khamenei who slammed the performance of the Saudi Arabia during the Hajj season.
“The only loud voice against the Saudi performance was by Imam Sayyed Ali Khameni.”
“Some countries whose nationals died in Mina stampede congratulated Riyadh for (what they called)“its competence in handling Hajj this year”, Sayyed Nasrallah said.
Riyadh even “did not apologize for the incident, but it released a statement in which it hailed the management of Hajj for this year.”
The Hezbollah chief noted that the worst thing is that people fail to talk about the incident.
“They were intimated just like Imam Hussein’s family could not speak anything, cry or express sadness following Karbala.”
“This tragedy in the holy land, in the holy month shows Saudi’s ultimate disrespect to Muslims and Islamic rituals,” Sayyed Nasrallah said.
“Mina tragedy will have great impact on the end of this historic oppression carried out against the Muslim nation in the holy land…,” the resistance leader stated.
Regional Issues
Sayyed Nasrallah also briefly tackled the situation in several other countries: Yemen, Syria and Bahrain. He said that the new Islamic year comes as the US-Saudi aggression against Yemen continues, and while the ‘global’ against Syria persists.
The Hezbollah leader praised the bravery and steadfastness of the Yemeni people against the Saudi aggression.
He also slammed the oppression carried out by the ruling Al-Khalifa against the Bahraini people in the Gulf's island.
On Lebanon, Sayyed Nasrallah said that public sector is witnessing a state of paralysis “due to the malicious” performance of some Lebanese parties. However, he noted that despite the crises of trash and the security captives by the Takfiris in Syria, there still two advantages: the security situation in Lebanon, and the national dialogue between the Lebanese parties.