Hezbollah has declared an open-ended battle of reckoning with Israel amid a stark warning that the Middle East is facing ‘imminent collapse’, while Britain’s David Lammy has called for an immediate ceasefire.
THE NEW WARNING
The Iran-backed military group’s deputy leader, Naim Qassem, said the force had entered a new phase of its battle with Israel, warning: ‘But as we are pained, you will also be pained’.
His comments were made during a funeral for a top commander killed in an Israeli strike on Beirut’s southern suburb following days of surprise attacks that have wounded thousands of people in Lebanon and killed members of the Hezbollah.
Qassem vowed the ongoing conflict will destroy Israel’s economy and told Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu that he will not achieve his goals.
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THE THREATS
The deputy leader said Hezbollah, which has lost several senior military leaders in recent months, has ‘returned stronger, and the frontline will witness this’.
Hezbollah has vowed to retaliate against Israel for a wave of explosions that hit pagers and walkie-talkies belonging to Hezbollah members on Tuesday and Wednesday, killing at least 37 people – including two children – and wounding about 3,000.
The attacks were widely blamed on Israel, which earlier denied having any involvement in the attacks.
