Israel’s Prime Minister warned the head of Lebanon’s Hezbollah of his army’s “lethal” power on Sunday, in reaction to Hassan Nasrallah cautioning the Jewish state against further strikes in Syria.
“The lethal striking force of the IDF (Israeli army) stands facing Hezbollah,” Israel’s premier Benjamin Netanyahu said at the start of a cabinet meeting. In an interview with Beirut based al-Mayadeen television on Saturday, Hezbollah chief Hassan Nasrallah had warned Netanyahu that Syria and Hezbollah could “at any moment” decide to “deal with ... Israeli aggression.”
“Don’t make an error of judgement and don’t lead the region towards war or a major clash,” Nasrallah said, stating that Hezbollah possessed “high-precision missiles” capable of hitting anywhere in Israel.
Israel’s army has since 2013 claimed hundreds of attacks on what it says are Iranian military targets and arms deliveries to Tehran-backed Hezbollah.