On Saturday, Iran’s foreign minister called on Israel to halt attacks on Gaza, warning that the war may expand to other parts of the Middle East if Hezbollah joins the battle, saying that Israel would suffer “a huge earthquake.”
While speaking with reporters in Beirut, Hossein Amirabdollahian said that Lebanon’s Hezbollah group has taken all the scenarios of a war into consideration and Israel should stop its attacks on Gaza as soon as possible.
Hezbollah is considered by Israel to be its most serious immediate threat, with estimates suggesting that they may have nearly 150,000 rockets and missiles, including precision-guided missiles that can hit anywhere in Israel.
The group consists of thousands of fighters, many of whom were veterans of Syria’s 12-year conflict, as well as various types of military drones. Since last week’s attack by the militant Palestinian group Hamas, which left hundreds of Israeli civilians and soldiers dead, Hezbollah fighters have been on alert along Lebanon’s borders with Israel.
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