Hezbollah: Israel weaker than a spider's web, desperately relying on the US for security

Sheikh Nabil Kaouk, deputy chairman of Hezbollah's executive council, made the comments during the funeral of Wissam al-Tawil, a senior commander of the resistance group who was killed on Monday in an Israeli attack on his car in southern Lebanon. "If Israel was not weaker than a spider's web, it would not call on the US and Western countries to return the settlers to the northern settlements, it would not ask the UN and the world powers to were implementing Security Council Resolution 1701 and would not require the United States and 20 other states to protect the security of shipping in the Red Sea," he said. Sheikh Nabil Kaouk also cited recent figures published by Israeli media, saying they show that 90 percent of Zionists do not believe in Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, but in Hezbollah Secretary General Seyed Hasan Nasrallah, who says Israel is "weaker than a spider's web". "Israel has failed and no one believes Netanyahu's lies anymore," he said. Also in his remarks, the Hezbollah official described Wissam al-Tawil as a brave commander who took part in the fight against the Takfiri terrorist group ISIS and trained thousands of fighters who wanted to fight Israel. "With the martyrdom of Wissam al-Tawil, the army of the occupying regime will not be spared from the attacks of the resistance and the settlers will not return to the northern settlements. Israel's loss will not be compensated," he said. Tensions have risen on the Lebanese border between Israeli forces and Hezbollah fighters since the start of the war in Gaza. Hezbollah fighters have targeted Israeli military facilities in a show of solidarity with the oppressed Palestinians in besieged Gaza.