Pro-Violence

Naim Qassem, secretary-general, July 9, 2025

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July 9, 2025
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From an interview broadcasted on July 9 but recorded on June 11, 2025:

“Lebanon is strong because of Hezbollah’s weapons and we will not accept that Lebanon becomes weak.”“Qassem denies divisions within Hezbollah, says group ‘has recovered,’” Naharnet, July 9, 2025, https://www.naharnet.com/stories/en/314063-qassem-denies-divisions-within-hezbollah-says-group-has-recovered.

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Threat

Hossein Salami, IRGC commander-in-chief, May 8, 2025

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May 8, 2025
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“These are serious warnings to Zionist officials, to US officials. The criminal prime minister of the Zionist regime talks a lot these days, threatens Iran. I’m issuing a serious warning: if you make one wrong move, we will open up the gates of hell on you. Sit down and stay in your place ... we have made extensive preparations. If you make a mistake, we’ll act on you in a way that you forget the True Promise 1 and 2.”“IRGC chief says has plans for Israel, US if they dare 'make a mistake,’” Iran International, May 8, 2025, https://www.iranintl.com/en/202505083325.

Naim Qassem, secretary-general, April 18, 2025

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April 18, 2025
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“We will not let anyone disarm Hezbollah or disarm the resistance [against Israel]. We must cut this idea of disarmament from the dictionary.”Emanuel Fabian and agencies, “Hezbollah ‘will not let anyone disarm it,’ vows leader Naim Qassem,” Times of Israel, April 18, 2025, https://www.timesofisrael.com/hezbollah-says-it-wont-discuss-disarming-until-israel-completes-lebanon-withdrawal/.

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Threat

Naim Qassem, secretary-general, March 29, 2025

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March 29, 2025
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In a Quds Day speech delayed a day because of Israeli strikes on Beirut:

“Israel will not get during peace time what it was not able to achieve by war. Let everyone know that this resistance (Hezbollah) is present and ready and at the same time is committed to the agreement.”

“We will not allow anyone to deprive us from using our force and capabilities to confront this enemy.”

Hezbollah “is not weak in facing the projects of America and Israel.”Nurit Yohanan and agencies, “Hezbollah chief threatens response to continued Israeli ‘aggression’ in Lebanon,” Times of Israel, March 30, 2025, https://www.timesofisrael.com/hezbollah-chief-threatens-to-act-against-continued-israeli-aggression-in-lebanon/.

Threat

Abdul-Malik al-Houthi, January 16, 2025

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Jan. 16, 2025
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One day after Hamas announced it had accepted a ceasefire with Israel to end the 15-month war Hamas launched on October 7, 2023:

“We are preparing to carry out more impactful and effective attacks that Israel and the United States will not anticipate.”“Yemen: ‘We are preparing to carry out more impactful and effective attacks that Israel and the United States will not anticipate,’ the Houthi leader affirmed,” Yemen Online, January 16, 2025, https://www.yemenonline.info/politics/8585.

Threat

Khalil al-Hayya, deputy Gaza leader, October 18, 2024

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October 18, 2024
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Khalil al-Hayya, deputy Gaza leader
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Statement following Yahya Sinwar’s death:

“We are continuing Hamas’s path..[hostages] will not return … unless the aggression against our people in Gaza stops.”William Christou, Bethan McKernan, and Julian Borger, “Hamas recognises death of leader Yahya Sinwar but vows to keep fighting,” Guardian (London), October 18, 2024, https://www.theguardian.com/world/2024/oct/18/hamas-recognises-death-of-leader-yahya-sinwar-but-vows-to-keep-fighting.

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Threat

Yahya Sarea, Houthi spokesman, October 18, 2024

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Oct. 18, 2024
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Statement following the death of Hamas leader Yahya Sinwar:

“The martyrdom of the great leader Yahya Sinwar [deceased leader of Hamas] will only increase the resistance and the determination of all the free people in the world to continue on the path of liberation and victory…[the Houthis will continue to target] the Israeli enemy with missiles and drones, and these operations will not stop except for stopping the aggression and lifting the siege on the Gaza Strip and stopping the aggression on Lebanon.” “Houthi Ansar Allah Movement Claims Attack On Commercial Ship In Arabian Sea, Declares Death Of Hamas Leader Sinwar ‘Will Only Increase The Resistance,’” Middle East Media Research Institute, October 18, 2024, https://www.memri.org/jttm/houthi-ansar-allah-movement-claims-attack-commercial-ship-arabian-sea-declares-death-hamas.

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Threat

Naim Qassem, Deputy Leader, September 30, 2024

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Sept. 30, 2024
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In a televised announcement from an undisclosed location following the September 27 assassination of Hezbollah Secretary-General Hassan Nasrallah:

“What we are doing is the bare minimum... We know that the battle may be long. We will win as we won in the liberation of 2006 in the face of the Israeli enemy.”“Lebanon’s Hezbollah will pick new leader at earliest opportunity, says its deputy chief,” Reuters, September 30, 2024, https://www.reuters.com/world/middle-east/lebanons-hezbollah-will-pick-new-leader-earliest-opportunity-says-its-deputy-2024-09-30/.

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Threat