Senior Iranian officials are warning Israel that a “preemptive strike” cannot be ruled out if Israel’s ground invasion of the Gaza Strip moves forward as planned.
Minor military activity has been reported along the Lebanon-Israel border between the Hezbollah group and the Israeli military.
“All possible options and scenarios are there for Hezbollah … Naturally, resistance leaders will not allow the Zionist regime to take any action in Gaza, and when it feels reassured about Gaza, move on to other resistance areas in the region,” Iranian Foreign Minister Hossein Amirabdollahian said on state TV late on Monday, referring to his meeting with Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah the previous day.
“Therefore, any preemptive measure is imaginable in the coming hours,” he added.
According to the New York Post, he further said: “The resistance front is capable of waging a long-term war with the enemy [Israel] … in the coming hours, we can expect a preemptive action by the resistance front.”
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— New York Post (@nypost) October 17, 2023
