Hezbollah Will Retaliate to Any Israeli Attacks, Nasrallah Warns
- Hezbollah Will Retaliate to Any Israeli Attacks, Nasrallah Warns
by https://www.aljazeera.com/
Hezbollah leader’s statement follows the first exchange of fire between Israel and the Lebanese group in years.
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The head of Lebanon’s Hezbollah movement, Hassan Nasrallah, has promised a “suitable and proportionate” response to any Israeli air strikes on Lebanon after a flare-up at the border this week. Israel carried out its first air raids on Lebanese soil in years on Thursday, prompting Hezbollah to fire rockets back at Israel the following day.
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“Our response was linked to the Israeli strikes that occurred in south Lebanon for the first time in 15 years,” Nasrallah said on Saturday in a televised speech ahead of the anniversary of the end of the last war with Israel in 2006.
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“We wanted to tell the enemy … that any air strike by the Israeli air force on Lebanon will inevitably draw a response, though in a suitable and proportionate way, because we want to serve the purpose of protecting our country,” he added.
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Nasrallah described the air attacks this week as a “very dangerous development”, but said Hezbollah did not want war. “We are not looking for war and we do not want to head towards war, but we are ready for it” if necessary, he said, echoing similar comments by Israel this week.
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