After the devastating blow dealt to Hezbollah, the Israeli Prime Minister, Benjamin Netanyahuwarned Iran, his archenemy and great ally of the Lebanese party, that “There is no place in the Middle East that Israel cannot reach“.
On Monday, at least 25 people died in Israeli bombings in Lebanonincluding three members of a Palestinian group, the head of Hamas in Lebanon and a Lebanese soldier, according to several sources. Meanwhile, Hezbollah fired rockets towards the north of Israel.
Israel, which deployed reinforcements to its northern border with Lebanon, promised it would fight its “enemies“and that the”will eliminate” wherever they are. On Friday, the bombing in the suburbs of south of Beirutstronghold of Hezbollah, killed to its leader Hasan Nasrallah.
He Israeli defense ministerYoav Gallant, stated that Nasrallah’s death is “an important step” but it is not the “end.” Furthermore, during a visit to soldiers deployed on the border between Israel and Lebanon, he stated that to “guarantee the return of the communities in northern Israel, we will use all our capabilities“.
In a televised speech, the number two of the Lebanese Islamist movement, Naim Qasem, stated that the group will choose “as soon as possible” the Nasrallah’s successorwho the leader considered him to be the man most powerful in the countryand that he died along with four other people and not along with twenty members of the formation, as Israel claimed.
“We are ready if the Israelis decide to enter our territory, our forces of resistance “They are ready for a ground confrontation,” Qasem assured and promised that they will continue fighting.in support of Gaza“.
For its part, Irana key ally of Hezbollah and also Hamas, ruled out deploying fighters in Lebanon and Gaza to confront its archenemy Israel. “It is not necessary to deploy auxiliary or volunteer forces. They have the capacity and power necessary to confront the aggression of the zionist regime“declared the diplomatic spokesperson, Naser Kanani.
Source: Ambito
