Look who just crawled out of his spider hole...

For the first time since last July's war?

And get this. He's ready for his martyrhood close-up... Just in time for World Qods Day, maybe?

Hezbollah leader Sheik Hassan Nasrallah told hundreds of thousands of supporters Friday that he is ready for martyrdom and would never betray the resistance movement or the sacred cause of the Lebanese people against Israeli oppression.

The popular revolutionary leader declared that his fighters will never surrender their weapons-including 20,000 rockets he claims his group has left after its 34-day war with Israel. “No army in the world will be able to make us drop the weapons from our hands,“ the cleric said in his first public appearance since the start of the war in July, wire services reported...

The militant leader thanked God for what he called “a divine, historic and strategic victory“ over the Israelis and said his group would not release two captured Israeli soldiers except in an exchange for Lebanese prisoners. Hezbollah guerrillas took the two soldiers in a cross-border raid on July 12, which prompted 34 days of Israeli air strikes in Lebanon...

Nasrallah said he decided to appear at the rally despite threats to his life.“They said that this square would be bombed and this stage would be destroyed to frighten the people and keep them away. “He said he debated with his aides about whether to attend until 30 minutes before the rally. “But my heart, mind and soul did not allow me to address you from afar,“ he said.

The rally was held at a barren 37-acre lot about a mile from the guerrilla group’s flattened headquarters. Thousands had arrived at the site from the south by foot, in buses and in cars, chanting Nasrallah’s name and waving Lebanese and Hezbollah flags. Members of Christian parties and pro-Syrian groups in northern Lebanon also traveled to the capital to participate.