1Berita – Hezbollah Leader Hassan Nasrallah Warns of ‘Unrestricted War’ Against Israel if Lebanon is Attacked

Hezbollah militia leader Hassan Nasrallah has cautioned Israel against initiating a war with Lebanon, warning that they would have to “pay a high price” if they do so.

Nasrallah also accused Israel of taking advantage of the current geopolitical situation to eliminate Hezbollah.

“If the enemy [Israel] launches a war against Lebanon, our battle will be unlimited, without rules. If the war is directed at Lebanon, Lebanon’s interest is a continuous and uncontrolled war,” Nasrallah stated in his speech on Wednesday (3/1), as quoted by The New Arab.

The Hezbollah leader’s speech came a day after Israel killed one of Hamas’ military commanders, Salah al-Arouri, in the capital of Lebanon, Beirut.

Al-Arouri was a military commander of Hamas and served as a liaison between the Gaza militia group and Hezbollah and Iran.

Following the assassination, Nasrallah pledged that the “yesterday’s crime will not be left unanswered.” However, he did not specify how Hezbollah would “retaliate” for Arouri’s killing by Israel in Beirut.

During the address, Nasrallah also asserted that Hezbollah’s weapons are the only thing preventing Israel from invading Lebanon.

Since November, roughly a month after Israel’s invasion of Gaza, the Zionist state has demanded that Hezbollah withdraw 30 kilometers north of the Lebanon-Israel border.

Earlier, an Israeli drone strike on Hezbollah’s stronghold in South Beirut killed senior Hamas official Salah al-Arouri on Tuesday (2/1).

A high-level security official in Lebanon informed AFP that Arouri was killed along with his guards.

Another security official confirmed the same information, adding that two floors of the targeted building were affected, and one car was damaged in the attack.

Arouri was one of Hamas’ key military strategists. He was the first senior official of the movement to be killed in the conflict, and his death occurred in the first attack in the capital of Lebanon since the war began.