Fears for Middle East War as Israeli Troops Put on High Alert After Lebanese President Declares Airstrikes a ‘Declaration of War’
- Fears for Middle East War as Israeli Troops Put on High Alert After Lebanese President Declares Airstrikes a ‘Declaration of War’
by FEARS have been sparked of a renewed conflict in the Middle East after Lebanon’s president called Israeli airstrikes inside the country a “declaration of war”. The strikes are thought to have been a warning to Hezbollah in Lebanon as well as Palestinian allies in Iran and Syria.
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Just hours earlier, Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah had issued an angry reaction to an incident on Sunday, when two small drones thought to be Israeli hit a building housing a Hezbollah media centre in a southern suburb of Beirut. He said the devices had been sent on a “suicide mission”, adding: “Hezbollah will not allow such an aggression. “The time when Israeli aircraft come and bombard parts of Lebanon is over.”
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The Israeli strikes were the first attacks by Israel inside Lebanon in 13 years. The strikes hit a base belonging to a militant Palestinian splinter faction in the in the Bekaa Valley, close to the Syrian border. No-one was reported killed the attacks.
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