A statement issued in the name of Kata'ib Hezbollah secretary-general Abu Hussein al-Hamidawi was published on 3 August 2026 in the late afternoon, appearing on the group's official social media centre, its official television channel and its affiliated news channel inside roughly fifteen minutes, with outside coverage following about twenty minutes later. Its operative passages reject relinquishing the resistance's weapons and pledge to develop them and enlarge the arsenal, to "purify our security space" with full observance of security procedures and secrecy, and to make every aggressor "pay the costs of his aggression multiplied" — naming "the American-Saudi enemy" over a crime against "our sons" described as a dangerous precedent that may found a new phase in the region. The rung holds on three KH-run channels carrying the same wording plus independent outside pickup of the weapons pledge; what is missing is any named target, timetable, or claim of action.
- KAF CenterKH — official social media channel03 Aug, 19:20
“And peace be upon the venerated Imam Khomeini, founder of the axis of resistance, dignity and good.”
والسلام على الإمام الخميني المعظم، مؤسس محور المقاومة والكرامة والخير
- Al-Ittijah TVKH — official owned media03 Aug, 19:21
“What the enemy perpetrated as a crime against our sons requires holding to the weapons and developing them to deter anyone who intends us harm.”
ما ارتكبه العدو من جريمة بحق أبنائنا يستدعي التمسك بالسلاح وتطويره لردع كل من يريد بنا شراً
- Sabereen NewsKH — affiliated/aligned media03 Aug, 19:33
“And the deterrence of every aggressor, so that he pays the costs of his aggression multiplied — above all what the American-Saudi enemy perpetrated as a crime against our sons, a dangerous precedent portending consequences that may found a new phase in the region.”
وردع كل معتد، ليدفع أثمان اعتدائه مضاعفة، لا سيما ما ارتكبه العدو الأمريكي السعودي من جريمة بحق أبنائنا، في سابقة خطيرة تنذر بتداعيات قد تؤسس لمرحلة جديدة في المنطقة
- Sabereen NewsKH — affiliated/aligned media03 Aug, 19:36
“Our holding to the resistance's weapons, and not relinquishing them, but rather developing them and enlarging its arsenal, and seeking to purify our security space, with emphasis on full commitment to security procedures and the keeping of secrets.”
تمسكنا بسلاح المقاومة، وعدم التفريط به، بل تطويره وتعظيم ترسانته، والسعي لتنقية فضائنا الأمني، مع التشديد على ضرورة الالتزام التام بالإجراءات الأمنية وحفظ الأسرار