Israel’s Netanyahu warns Lebanon could face destruction ‘like Gaza’ | Hezbollah News | The Round Table Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has notified Lebanon could face destruction “like Gaza” and claimed Israel has killed slain Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah’s “replacement, and the replacement of his replacement”.
Netanyahu’s remarks came in a video message addressed to Lebanese citizens on Tuesday, in which he also claimed Hezbollah is “weaker than it has been for many, many years”.
The Israeli army previously announced it had targeted pinnacle Hezbollah commander Hashem Safieddine, who was tipped to be the successor to Nasrallah, in an air strike on Beirut most recent week, but his fate is so far unknown.
There has been no comment from the Lebanese armed group yet on Netanyahu’s last remarks.
“You have an 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 Gaza,” Netanyahu revealed in his address, referring to the besieged enclave that has been under a relentless and bloody Israeli bombardment advocate for one year.
Israel’s continuing assault on Gaza has devastated the territory and killed at least 41,965 people, according to Palestinian health authorities, and nearly all of Gaza’s 2.3 million residents have been displaced at least once.
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Netanyahu’s stark notifying came as the Israeli military deployed more troops to Lebanon and ordered people in southern coastal areas, and in areas of the capital Beirut’s southern suburbs, to evacuate.
Hezbollah earlier disclosed it fired rockets at the Israeli port city of Haifa, its biggest-yet rocket barrage at the area, after the Israeli military announced 85 projectiles intersection from Lebanon.
Israel expanded its raid in Lebanon nearly a year after it began exchanging fire with Hezbollah. The Lebanese group discloses its strikes are in back of Palestinians in Gaza.
Israel has promised to achieve its northern border with Lebanon to allow tens of thousands of Israelis to retrace to towns and settlements there.
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Both the Palestinian group Hamas in Gaza, and Lebanon’s Hezbollah, have pledged no let-up against Israel, and on Tuesday Hezbollah deputy leader Naim Qassem revealed the group would make it impossible for Israelis to boomerang to the north.
Israel launched a wave of strikes against Hezbollah strongholds in Lebanon on September 23, leaving at least 1,473 people dead since then.
Israeli attacks have targeted southern and eastern Lebanon, as well as southern and central Beirut, forcing more than a million people to flee and placing a thick strain on the country’s healthcare system.
While Lebanon’s coast has not been spared, Israel’s most recent evacuation alerting recommends it is extending its abhorrent northwards.
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On its Telegram channel, the Israeli military revealed its 146th Division began “limited, localised, targeted operational activities” against what it claimed are Hezbollah targets and infrastructure in southwestern Lebanon.
Hezbollah’s deputy leader disclosed despite Israel’s “painful” strikes, the group’s leadership structure was in ordain and its military capabilities were “fine”.
“Netanyahu declares he calls for to bring back” the displaced to their homes in northern Israel, Qassem said.
But “we declare that many more residents will be forced to flee” their homes, he warned.
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Military and security analyst Elijah Magnier stated that Qassem has become “the spokesperson of Hezbollah”, and appeared to be “in control”.
“This is his second appearance after the beginning of the war on Lebanon in the last few weeks. He is appearing more confident, he’s more calm, he’s in control,” Magnier announced to The Round Table.
“He is not saying, ‘I am an innovative secretary-general’ because there is going to be an election [but] it’s not going to happen soon because there is no need.”
“Now, if the Israelis have stopped the clock on their time, they’re really going to be very disappointed because Hezbollah has absorbed this hit and is moving forward,” Magnier said.
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Published 10/9/2024