Nasrallah, addressing a rally in south Beirut in support of Gaza, also predicted that Israel would fail in defeating Hamas.

He said an Israeli incursion into Gaza would be "confronted by resistance fighters and the Israelis would start sustaining casualties."

The Israeli war in Gaza, according to Nasrallah, is "not against Hamas, but against the Palestinian people."

He urged Suleiman to play a "central role" in calling for the holding of an Arab Summit Conference on Gaza, charging that some Arab leaders are trying to "block" it.

"President Suleiman enjoys a unanimous Lebanese call for ending the aggression. This allows him to call for holding the summit without provoking sensitivities," Nasrallah noted.

Nasrallah also said Suleiman should "reflect solidarity with Gaza at the summit and should avoid siding with this regime or that."

He said the United States "would not mind if an Islamist faction ruled an Arab state. What matters is the stand that this faction adopts on Israel and its readiness to succumb to America."

He urged his followers to remain on alert in case needed to confront any possible Israeli attack.

Nasrallah attacks Egypt

Nasrallah on Sunday attacked the Egyptian government and urged the Egyptians to pressure their government into opening the Gaza crossing for "weapons" to Hamas fighters.

in an address marking the first day of Ashoura, he said what is underway in Gaza is similar to July-August war between Hezbollah and Israel in 2006 "and the outcome would be the same."

Addressing the Egyptian people, Egyptian Army officers and intellectuals, Nasrallah said "I'm not calling for a coup d'etat, but go talk to your leaders and tell them you do not accept what is happening in Gaza."

Egyptian FM accuses Hezbollah of declaring war on Egypt

Egyptian Foreign Minister Ahmed Abul Gheit on Monday accused Hizbullah leader Hassan Nasrallah of "declaring war on the Egyptian People".

Abul Gheit, responding to Nasrallah's address on Sunday without naming him, vowed that "the Egyptian People would confront this war."

"Someone yesterday called on the Egyptian people to take to the streets and create an atmosphere of anarchy. In other words, they want an atmosphere of anarchy similar to the one they created in their own country," Abul Gheit told a press conference in Ankara.

"This person (Nasrallah) also called on the Egyptian armed forces, but he is not aware of the situation," Abul Gheit said after talks with his Turkish counterpart Ali Babacan.

"If you do not know, let me tell you that the Egyptian armed forces are tasked with defending Egypt. If need be, they will also protect Egypt against people like you," he told Nasrallah.

Photo: Lebanon's Hezbollah leader Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah addresses his supporters through a giant screen during a rally in Beirut southern suburbs December 29, 2008, to express solidarity with Palestinians in Gaza. He attacked Egypt and called for uprisings in the Arab and Muslim world

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