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Nasrallah’s comments were his first since Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu last month – holding up an aerial image of the alleged missile sites – accused Hezbollah in a speech before the U.N. General Assembly of setting up rocket factories near Beirut’s airport and using civilian infrastructure to hide them.

Nasrallah made no direct comment about the allegations, saying only that “we should not help the enemy in its psychological warfare against our country, people and government.”

“Delivering free information, even by denying, is like doing the enemy a favor,” Nasrallah added. He said his group was using what he called “intentional ambiguity.”

Last month, Nasrallah boasted that Hezbollah now possesses “highly accurate” missiles despite Israeli attempts to prevent it from acquiring such weapons.

In his speech, Nasrallah also blasted U.S. President Donald Trump for his repeated calls on Saudi officials to pay Washington to protect the kingdom.

“The intimidation [of Trump’s speech] is extortion. He is blackmailing them [Saudi Arabia] to sell them more weapons,” Nasrallah said. “They will ask him for more protection, and he will get more money.”

Earlier this month, Trump said in a speech that he recently called the Saudi King Salman and told him: “I love the king, King Salman, but I said, ‘King, we’re protecting you. You might not be there for two weeks without us. You have to pay for your military, you have to pay.'”

“Trump’s greed has no limits,” Nasrallah said.