{"id":120440,"date":"2023-10-22T15:19:10","date_gmt":"2023-10-22T15:19:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cottontailsonline.com\/?p=120440"},"modified":"2023-10-22T15:19:10","modified_gmt":"2023-10-22T15:19:10","slug":"israel-on-brink-of-second-war-as-netanyahu-joins-double-battle","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cottontailsonline.com\/world-news\/israel-on-brink-of-second-war-as-netanyahu-joins-double-battle\/","title":{"rendered":"Israel on brink of second war as Netanyahu joins double battle"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu has issued a stark warning to Hezbollah, that if it opens a second war front Israel will inflict \u201cunimaginable devastation upon Lebanon\u201d.<\/p>\n

Mr Netanyahu said he could not tell his forces \u201cright now if Hezbollah will decide to enter the war fully\u201d but added that the war with Hamas was \u201cdo or die\u201d.<\/p>\n

The leader of the Jewish state\u2019s message comes amid concerns that the Middle East may soon be engulfed in a region-wide war.<\/p>\n

The 74-year-old added, referencing Israel’s 2006 conflict with Lebanon: “If Hezbollah decides to enter the war, it will long for the Second Lebanon War”.<\/p>\n

“It will be making the mistake of its life. We will strike it with strength that it cannot even imagine and the significance to it and to the country of Lebanon will be devastating.”<\/p>\n

Netanyahu told Israeli soldiers: “I know that you lost friends, and it\u2019s a very difficult thing, but we are in the fight of our life, a fight for our home. That\u2019s not an exaggeration, it\u2019s not an overstatement, that\u2019s this war. It is kill or be killed, and they need to be killed.”<\/p>\n

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UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak warned last night that the brutal fighting risked opening up a \u201ccontagion of conflict\u201d.<\/p>\n

The PM, who visited Israel, Saudi Arabia and Egypt for talks with key regional players this week, said the leaders agreed \u201cwe need to do everything possible\u201d to prevent the spread of the war.<\/p>\n

He said his two-day visit to the region demonstrated \u201cthat the UK stands in solidarity with them against terrorism\u201d and that \u201cthere can be no justification\u201d for the atrocities committed by Hamas.<\/p>\n

\u201cI wanted to sit down with other leaders and talk face to face. Because in times of tension and division, it\u2019s more important than ever to accelerate diplomatic efforts,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n