Iran Warns of ‘Obliterating War’ If Israel Attacks Lebanon

Sarah Arnold reporting for Townhall 

The Iranian UN mission wrote on X that if Israel launched attacks on Hezbollah, “all options, including the full involvement of all resistance fronts, are on the table.”

In response, Foreign Minister Israel Katz said “If Hezbollah does not cease its fire and withdraw from southern Lebanon, we will act against it with full force until security is restored and residents can return to their homes.”

The escalating conflict between the two countries amid the ongoing war prompted Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to warn of “very intense action.”

The warning came after the Israel Defense Force attacked several Hezbollah positions, in response to the Iran-backed terror group’s latest barrage on northern Israel hours earlier, amid escalating tensions on the Lebanese border. Iran itself also launched an unprecedented missile-and-drone strike on Israel on April 14, two weeks after an alleged Israel airstrike near Tehran’s embassy in Damascus killed several senior officers of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps. Israel evacuated much of its north, fearing Hezbollah, Iran’s proxy in Lebanon, would carry out a similar attack. Via Times of Israel 

Earlier this month, Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah said “no place” in Israel would be safe from the terrorist group’s attack, adding that Hezbollah would fight with “no rules” and “no ceilings.”

In May, Netanyahu said that Israel is “prepared for very intense action in the north.”