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The leader of Lebanon’s Hezbollah warned in a televised address that if hostilities with the Israeli army escalate into a full-scale war, the movement’s fighters will fight “without rules” and “without restraints.”
He explained that nowhere in Israel could be safe from Hezbollah attacks, talking about potential targets in the Mediterranean. “The (Israeli) enemy knows very well that we are prepared for the worst! He knows that no place (…) can escape our missiles,” Nasrallah said, adding that Israel “should be waiting for us by land, sea and air.” “.
Hezbollah attacked an Israeli warship during the 2006 war.
Analysts say Hezbollah’s military force has been equipped with Russian-made Yakhont anti-ship missiles for years as it fights a civil war alongside President Bashar al-Assad in Syria.
For the first time, Hassan Nasrallah today issued threats against Cyprus, underscoring that Hezbollah could be considered at war if Israel allowed it to use its airfields and bases to carry out attacks against Lebanon. “The Cypriot government must be warned that opening Cypriot airports and bases to the Israeli army against Lebanon means that the Cypriot government is at war and will consider the opposition (Hezbollah) to be at war,” Nasrallah explained. .
As Reuters points out, Cyprus has occasionally allowed Israel to use its airspace for military exercises in the past, but never during a conflict. He also notes that the British Armed Forces have used the two bases they maintain in Cyprus for operations in Syria and, more recently, in Yemen.
Source: APE-ME
