The Prime Minister said he could not tell his soldiers ‘right now if Hezbollah will decide to enter the war fully’ but said the fight with Hamas was ‘do or die’ for Israel. Israelis living near the country’s northern border with Lebanon have been evacuated from their homes as the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) continue to exchange intense cross-border fire with the Iran-backed terror group. The stark message comes as fears are mounting that the Israel-Hamas war could provoke an all-out war in the Middle East, with Britain’s Prime Minister Rishi Sunak warning the fighting risks unleashing a ‘contagion of conflict’ in the region. Meanwhile, the US Secretary of Defense warned on Sunday that there is a possibility of a ‘significant escalation’ of attacks on troops and citizens across the whole region.
Published October 21, 2023
‘We are now in a double battle’: Netanyahu joins soldiers on the Lebanese border as they ‘hold off’ Hezbollah from opening a second front against Israel – and warns Iran-backed terrorists against ‘biggest mistake of their lives’ if they enter war
Benjamin Netanyahu has warned Hezbollah against opening a second war front against Israel or risk provoking a massive retaliation that would bring ‘unimaginable devastation upon Lebanon’.
The Prime Minister said he could not tell his soldiers ‘right now if Hezbollah will decide to enter the war fully’ but said the fight with Hamas was ‘do or die’ for Israel.
He added that the Iran-backed terrorist group would be making ‘the biggest mistake of their live’ if they joined Hamas’ war with his country.
Tensions in the Middle East are at boiling point, with Netanyahu’s stark message coming as fears grow over the Israel-Hamas war spilling into an all-out battle in the region.
Britain’s Prime Minister Rishi Sunak warned last night that the ongoing fighting risks unleashing a ‘contagion of conflict’, while the US Secretary of Defense warned that there is a possibility of a ‘significant escalation’ of attacks on troops and citizens across the whole region.
At least 1,400 Israelis have died since Hamas launched its surprise attack on October 7, with more missing and abducted. In Gaza 4,300 people have been killed according to the Hamas-run health ministry.
Gaza’s humanitarian crisis is continuing to worsen, with supplies of clean water, food and power running low – putting hospitals in the Palestinian enclave on a knife edge.
This afternoon a second convoy of trucks crossed over the Rafah border between Egypt and Gaza, carrying aid into the war zone. But shortly after they passed the crossing, a blast and sounds of ambulances were heard, eyewitnesses have said.
The cause and the exact location of the blast were not immediately clear, Reuters reported.
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RELATED: Netanyahu warns Hezbollah against new war front
Hezbollah will make “the mistake of its life” if it starts a war with Israel, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Sunday, as tensions continue to surge on the Israel-Lebanon border.
Israeli soldiers sit on a Merkava tank as they man a position at an undisclosed location on the border with Lebanon © Jalaa MAREY / AFP
Published October 21, 2023
Netanyahu visited troops on the Lebanese border in northern Israel where mounting artillery exchanges have heightened fears of a new war front opening as Israel battles Hamas in Gaza.
The Israeli defence ministry on Sunday ordered 14 additional communities to join dozens that have already been evacuated from the border area.
In the event of scaled up hostilities, Netanyahu said Hezbollah “will make the mistake of its life. We will strike it with a force it cannot even imagine, and the significance for it and the state of Lebanon will be devastating.”
Hezbollah is allied with Hamas, which touched off the latest violence with an October 7 rampage that killed at least 1,400 people in Israel, according to authorities.
Israel has retaliated with relentless strikes on Hamas in the Gaza Strip that have killed more than 4,650 Palestinians, according to Gaza’s health ministry.
It has in parallel exchanged fire with Hezbollah across its northern border.
Since October 7, the exchanges have killed at least 33 people in Lebanon, according to an AFP tally — mostly combatants but at least four civilians, including a Reuters news agency journalist.
Another four people have been killed in Israel — three soldiers and one civilian. Israel has evacuated villages on its side, while several thousand Lebanese have fled border regions for the southern city of Tyre.
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SOURCE: https://www.france24.com/en/live-news/20231022-netanyah-warns-hezbollah-against-new-war-front
RELATED: Netanyahu to troops: ‘If Hezbollah enters the war, it’s making the mistake of its life’
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu meets with troops on October 22, 2023 (Amos Ben-Gershom/GPO)
Published October 21, 2023
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu meets with soldiers on the northern border and issues words of warning to the Hezbollah terror group amid repeated clashes on the border with Lebanon.
