Hezbollah leader says Israeli threats to assassinate him are 'worthless'

Hezbollah leader says Israeli threats to assassinate him are 'worthless' Hezbollah leader Naim Qassem said in a speech on Friday that Israeli threats to assassinate him were “worthless”. "We have prepared ourselves for a long confrontation and they will be surprised in the field", he added. Israel launched an offensive against Iran-backed Hezbollah after it opened fire on 2 March to avenge the killing of Iran's supreme leader at the start of the US-Israeli war on Iran.