The following are excerpts from a speech delivered by Hizbullah Secretary-General Hassan Nasrallah, which aired on Al-Manar TV on February 17, 2010.

Hassan Nasrallah: [During the war, I said:] "Next time you attack the Al-Dahiya suburb, we will attack Tel Aviv." Maybe they think that when we say this, we mean that if they destroy buildings in Al-Dahiya, we will make some holes in the walls of buildings in Tel Aviv. Maybe that's what they think, but I want to say to them today: No. If you destroy buildings in Al-Dahiya, we will destroy buildings in Tel Aviv.

I'd like to say to the Israelis today: Not only if you attack Al-Dahiya, we will attack Tel Aviv, but if you attack Beirut's Rafiq Al-Hariri Airport, we will attack Ben-Gurion Airport in Tel Aviv. If you attack our ports, we will shell your ports. If you attack our oil refineries, we will shell your oil refineries. If you attack our factories, we will shell your factories. If you shell our electricity plants, we will shell your electricity plants.

Today, on the memorial day of Sayyib Abbas [Al-Musawai], Sheik Ghareb [Harb], and Hajj Imad [Al-Moughniya], I declare this challenge and take it upon myself. We, in Lebanon – the people, the resistance, and the army – are more than capable of defending our homeland, and we do not need anybody else in the world to defend Lebanon.