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Hezbollah: Clash with Israel over, 'new phase' has started

Leader Hassan Nasrallah announces that Shiite terrorist group is no longer observing "red lines," will focus on targeting Israeli drones that enter Lebanese airspace.

by  Reuters and Israel Hayom Staff
Published on  09-03-2019 07:29
Last modified: 07-13-2022 08:20
Hezbollah: Clash with Israel over, 'new phase' has startedReuters/Ali Hashisho

A UN peacekeeper walks past a poster in southern Lebanon depicting Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah | File photo: Reuters/Ali Hashisho

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Hezbollah leader Sheikh Hassan Nasrallah said on Monday that while a flare-up with Israel at the border was over, the episode had launched a "new phase" in which the Iran-backed group no longer has red lines.

In a televised speech, Nasrallah said the new focus would be on targeting Israeli drones that enter Lebanon's airspace, and this would be handled by fighters in the field.

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Hezbollah and the IDF exchanged cross-border fire on Sunday after a drone attack last week in a Hezbollah-controlled Beirut suburb. Hezbollah blamed that incident on Israel, raising fears of a wider regional conflict.

In his speech, Nasrallah said that Sunday's missiles sent Israel "a clear message that if you attack, then all your border, your forces and your settlements at the border and [deep inside]" will be at risk.

His comments struck a defiant tone, although perceptions in the region are that the longtime enemies privately want to avoid all-out war at a time of soaring regional tensions.

During Sunday's flare-up, Israel reportedly faked soldier injuries to dampen any inclination of Hezbollah to escalate hostilities.

Israeli media photographed an army helicopter performing what appeared to be the evacuation of two wounded soldiers to hospital after Hezbollah launched anti-tank missiles at an army base and vehicles. Israel said there were no casualties.

But a person briefed on the evacuation, and who spoke to Reuters on condition of anonymity, said the soldiers were, in fact, unharmed and bandaged with fake blood in what he called "a psy-ops stunt."

Hezbollah said it had destroyed an IDF vehicle and broadcast what it said was footage of two missiles hitting a moving vehicle.

Nasrallah said Sunday's incident had marked the first such Hezbollah operation in a long time targeting Israel in positions across the border, not in the Israeli-occupied Shebaa farms.

"This is no longer a red line," the Hezbollah chief said. "I tell the Israelis, we no longer have red lines because you changed the rules of engagement."

In a video statement in Twitter on Monday, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu held out the prospect of future military action to prevent Hezbollah getting missiles that could be fired with increased accuracy at targets in Israel.

"We will continue to do whatever is necessary to defend Israel at sea, on land, and in the air. We will continue to act against the threat of the precision-guided rockets," he said.

Foreign Minister Yisrael Katz said he had asked Germany to tell Lebanon that if it does not stem Hezbollah's activity against Israel, "Lebanon in its entirety will be struck and badly damaged."

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