Reply #48: Nasrallah: Hostages in secure location, far away

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Hizbullah leader Sheikh Nasrallah makes first public appearance following kidnapping of two IDF soldiers, to deliver victorious speech. ‘This is day of loyalty to Samir Quntar and rest of the Lebanese prisoners in Israel,’ he says. IDF shells Lebanon by land, air and sea

http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-3274616,00.ht...

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"Secretary General of Hizbullah, Sheikh Hassan Nasrallah, termed the Wednesday kidnapping of two IDF soldiers along the northern border by members of his terrorist organization, “The promise that was kept.”

Nasrallah appeared before the cameras Wednesday afternoon and delivered a public speech promising that the abducted Israeli soldiers were still alive."

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"Nasrallah continued, “We announced that two soldiers were taken hostage. We will make details known as the time is right. It is not true that IDF forces entered the south of Lebanon after the encounter. The Israeli report is not true. No forces entered. Whoever heard this could have assumed that they reached Beirut, but this didn’t happen.”

Regarding the reports of the Israeli tank that was destroyed, Nasrallah said, “The tank was destroyed when it infiltrated Lebanese territory. Other than that there was no infiltration. The hostages are in a secure place, very far away.”

“The operation was carried out at 9:05 a.m., and at 10:30 the Israelis still didn’t know what happened. The infiltration of the tank was at one point only, and it was destroyed. What we did today was our natural right and the only way to bring about the release of prisoners and detainees held by Israel.”