Smoke rises after rocket attacks from Lebanon near Kiryat Shmona, northern Israel, on June 4, 2024. Deputy Secretary-General of Hezbollah Sheikh Naim Qassem said on Tuesday that the Lebanese armed group is ready to face a comprehensive war with Israel should the latter expand its attacks against Lebanon, local news website Elnashra reported. (Ayal Margolin/JINI via Xinhua)
BEIRUT, June 4 (Xinhua) -- Deputy Secretary-General of Hezbollah Sheikh Naim Qassem said on Tuesday that the Lebanese armed group is ready to face a comprehensive war with Israel should the latter expand its attacks against Lebanon, local news website Elnashra reported.
"If Israel wants to wage a comprehensive war, we are ready for it," Qassem said, stressing that "any Israeli expansion of the war on Lebanon will be met with devastation, destruction, and displacement in Israel."
He added that "the resistance is ready for battle and will not allow Israel to achieve any victory," noting that "our decision is not to expand the war, but we will fight it if it is imposed on us."
The Hezbollah official also said that "talks about the withdrawal of the Radwan forces, a special operation forces unit of Hezbollah, from the Lebanese border with Israel, is not true," adding that the group only used "a small portion" of its capabilities during the border clash with Israel.
Tensions along the Lebanon-Israel border escalated on Oct. 8, 2023, following a barrage of rockets launched by Hezbollah toward Israel in solidarity with Hamas's attacks on Israel the day before. Israel then retaliated by firing heavy artillery toward southeastern Lebanon. ■
A fire breaks out after rocket attacks from Lebanon in a neighborhood in Kiryat Shmona, northern Israel, on June 4, 2024. Deputy Secretary-General of Hezbollah Sheikh Naim Qassem said on Tuesday that the Lebanese armed group is ready to face a comprehensive war with Israel should the latter expand its attacks against Lebanon, local news website Elnashra reported. (Ayal Margolin/JINI via Xinhua)
Smoke rises after rocket attacks from Lebanon near Kiryat Shmona, northern Israel, on June 4, 2024. Deputy Secretary-General of Hezbollah Sheikh Naim Qassem said on Tuesday that the Lebanese armed group is ready to face a comprehensive war with Israel should the latter expand its attacks against Lebanon, local news website Elnashra reported. (Ayal Margolin/JINI via Xinhua)
A fire breaks out after rocket attacks from Lebanon in a neighborhood in Kiryat Shmona, northern Israel, on June 4, 2024. Deputy Secretary-General of Hezbollah Sheikh Naim Qassem said on Tuesday that the Lebanese armed group is ready to face a comprehensive war with Israel should the latter expand its attacks against Lebanon, local news website Elnashra reported. (Ayal Margolin/JINI via Xinhua)
