JERUSALEM, Israel – Israel’s Security Cabinet met in an underground command center Thursday night to discuss the ongoing threat from Iran and Hezbollah. The terror group is warning of “destruction” if Israel attacks.
Israeli Defense Minister Yoav Gallant delivered a rare warning Thursday directly to the Lebanese people in Arabic.
Gallant posted on X, “The State of Israel seeks peace, prosperity, and stability on both sides of the northern border. Therefore, we will not allow the Hezbollah militia to destabilize the border and the region. If Hezbollah continues its aggression, Israel will fight it, with all its might.”
The defense minister reminded the Lebanese how the Second Lebanon War in 2006 was a disaster and he quoted an Arabic saying: “He who plays with fire may expect destruction.”
Yigal Carmon, founder of MEMRI (Middle East Media Research Institute) tells CBN News Hezbollah may not want to pay the price of a full-scale war.
“They also want only attrition. But Israel told them no attrition. We go full force against Lebanon. Not only you (Hezbollah), against Lebanon. This is (a) pretty high price to pay,” Carmon stated.
Actual combat may not yet have begun, but Gallant insists Iran and Hezbollah are already waging psychological warfare on the Israeli public.
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