{"id":121208,"date":"2023-11-11T18:49:45","date_gmt":"2023-11-11T18:49:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cottontailsonline.com\/?p=121208"},"modified":"2023-11-11T18:49:45","modified_gmt":"2023-11-11T18:49:45","slug":"israel-threatens-to-besiege-beirut-and-declare-war-on-lebanon-in-new-warning","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cottontailsonline.com\/world-news\/israel-threatens-to-besiege-beirut-and-declare-war-on-lebanon-in-new-warning\/","title":{"rendered":"Israel threatens to besiege Beirut and declare war on Lebanon in new warning"},"content":{"rendered":"

IDF releases video showing airstrikes on Hezbollah in the border area with Lebanon<\/h3>\n

The risk of a regional conflict is mounting in the Middle East amid escalating tension between Israel and Hezbollah.<\/p>\n

Deadly skirmishes have continued along the Israel-Lebanon border, with both the Iran-backed terror group and Israeli forces launching repeated attacks against each other.<\/p>\n

Earlier today, Israel’s Defense Minister Yoav Gallant sent a chilling message to Hezbollah’s leadership.<\/p>\n

During a tour of Israeli troops in the north of the country, Mr Gallant warned that the terror group is \u201cclose to making a grave mistake\u201d that could doom Beirut.<\/p>\n

He said that Israel’s bombardment of Gaza could also be imposed on the Lebanese capital.<\/p>\n

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Mr Gallant told troops: \u201cI am saying here to the citizens of Lebanon, I already see the citizens in Gaza walking with white flags along the coast and moving south.<\/p>\n

\u201cHezbollah is dragging Lebanon into a war that may happen, and it is making mistakes.<\/p>\n

“If it makes mistakes of this kind, the ones who will pay the price are first of all the citizens of Lebanon.<\/p>\n

“What we are doing in Gaza we know how to do in Beirut.”<\/p>\n

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Mr Gallant added that the Israeli Air Force was using less than a tenth of its power in the Gaza Strip.<\/p>\n

He said: \u201cOur pilots are sitting in the cockpit, the noses of the planes are pointing north.<\/p>\n

“We have enough to do in the south, but the Air Force is facing north and its power is very great.”<\/p>\n

Israel has killed 78 Hezbollah fighters since the Hamas attack on Israel on 7 October amid ongoing border clashes.<\/p>\n