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Iran’s UN mission said Hezbollah was likely to retaliate against Israel’s assassination of one of its top commanders with “wider and deeper targets” on Israeli territory.
“So far, Hezbollah and the regime have, through a tacit understanding, de facto observed certain limitations in military operations, limiting their actions to the border areas and shallow waters and primarily targeting military targets,” the mission said. statement It happened on Friday night, according to Iranian state news.
But that may have changed with the killing of Hezbollah’s senior military commander, Fouad Shukr, in an Israeli attack on Tuesday on the Dahieh suburb of the Lebanese capital, Beirut.
“We expect that Hezbollah will choose broader and deeper targets in response and will not limit itself to exclusively military targets and means,” the mission said in a statement.
The mission is CBS News Such targets would be within Israeli territory.
Iran’s permanent representative to the United Nations did not immediately respond to Business Insider’s request for comment.
Smoke rose as Israeli forces attacked the southern outskirts of Beirut on July 30th. Reuters TV (via Reuters).
Fears are growing of an all-out war between Israel and Hezbollah.
Israel said it launched attacks on Beirut in retaliation for an attack in the Israeli-controlled Golan Heights that killed 12 young people and which it says was behind Hezbollah.
Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah Said Al Jazeera reported that at Fuad Shukr’s funeral, he said the war with Israel had “entered a new phase” and that Israel had “crossed a red line.”
He added that the extremist group was considering a “practical and considered” response to the attack.
“We hope to resolve hostilities without a broader war, but we are fully prepared to respond to any scenario,” IDF spokesman Daniel Hagari said on Thursday.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu Warned “Israel will demand a heavy price for any aggression against us from any field.”
Hezbollah has been supporting the Palestinian militant group Hamas in launching attacks on Israel since the Oct. 7 attacks that left about 1,200 people dead in Israel.
Israel has launched a fierce counterattack against Hezbollah, targeting its commanders and infrastructure in southern Lebanon.
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