At a Video address to the people of Lebanon said Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu called on the population to free themselves from Hezbollah – and warned of destruction like in the Gaza Strip. “You have the opportunity to save Lebanon before it falls into the abyss of a long war that will lead to destruction and suffering like we see in the Gaza Strip,” Netanyahu said Tuesday.
“I say to you, the Lebanese people: liberate your country from Hezbollah so that this war can end”Netanyahu continued. If the people of Lebanon didn’t do this, Hezbollah would continue to try to “fight Israel from densely populated areas at your expense.” The militia doesn’t care whether Lebanon is drawn into a larger war.
Hezbollah, for its part, threatened to intensify attacks on Israel if the country continued to attack Lebanon. “Increasing attacks by the Israeli enemy” mean that the Israeli city of Haifa, among others, will be targeted by our missiles “as frequently as Kiryat Shmona, Metula” and other places, the militia said on Tuesday. Kiryat Shmona and Metula are located in northern Israel on the border with Lebanon. Tens of thousands of people have been evacuated from the border area since October 2023 because of regular shelling by Hezbollah.
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