Israeli minister warns Hezbollah that it 'might be next'
An Israeli minister on Monday issued a fresh threat against Hezbollah, which has been engaged in daily border skirmishes with Israel since the eruption of the Israel-Hamas war in October.
“Hezbollah understands well that if it dares (to expand its attacks), it will be the next (after Hamas) and that we will flatten Beirut and Lebanon,” Israeli Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich of the far-right said.
Several Israeli officials have repeatedly warned Hezbollah since the beginning of the confrontations.
More than 120 people have been killed on the Lebanese side since October, mostly Hezbollah fighters but also including more than a dozen civilians, according to an AFP tally.
Israel says six of its soldiers and four Israeli civilians have been killed in the area, and Lebanon lost its first soldier in the exchanges on Tuesday.
Source: Naharnet
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