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Hezbollah plans ‘calculated’ response to Israel: Sources
[ENGLISH.ALARABIYA.NET] Hezbollah is preparing a "calculated strike" against its enemy Israel after suspected Israeli drones crashed in Beirut but it aims to avoid a new war, two sources allied to Hezbollah told Rooters on Tuesday.A reaction "is being arranged in a way which wouldn’t lead to a war" that Hezbollah does not want, one of the sources said. "The direction now is for a calculated strike, but how matters develop, that’s another thing." Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Tuesday Hezbollah leader Sayyed His Eminence Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah  ...The satrap of the Medes and the Persians in Leb...should "calm down" after Nasrallah said the Iranian-backed movement would respond to the crash of two drones in a Beirut suburb. In a speech on Sunday, Nasrallah described the drones, including one that had went kaboom!, as the first Israeli attack in Leb since the two sides fought a month-long war in 2006. "I say to the Israeli army on the border from tonight, stand guard. Wait for us one, two, three, four days," Nasrallah said. Related: Hezbollah: 2019-08-26 Two Hashd fighters killed in Anbar drone attack Hezbollah: 2019-08-25 Drone Falls, Another Explodes over Dahiyeh Hezbollah: 2019-08-25 reports of 4-5 Hezbollah casualties from the Israeli missile strikes on Iranian positions near Damascus Related: Beirut: 2019-08-25 Drone Falls, Another Explodes over Dahiyeh Beirut: 2019-08-22 Iran moves to strike 4 zeroes from its battered currency Beirut: 2019-08-12 ‘Smoke will rise from Tel Aviv’: Iran warns Israel against joining US naval mission Related: Israeli drone: 2019-08-26 Two Hashd fighters killed in Anbar drone attack Israeli drone: 2019-08-23 Alleged Israeli airstrike in Iraq is ‘declaration of war’: official Israeli drone: 2019-08-23 Iran-backed militia walks back accusation that Israel, US behind Iraq strikes Related: Nasrallah: 2019-08-24 Lebanon: People of the South Rule Out New War with Israel Nasrallah: 2019-07-26 An ongoing push against Hezbollah in Syria Nasrallah: 2019-07-22 MEMRI TV with the Hizbullah Leader discussing crushing Israel Related: Netanyahu: 2019-08-26 Three rockets fired from Gaza into Israel Netanyahu: 2019-08-25 Drone Falls, Another Explodes over Dahiyeh Netanyahu: 2019-08-24 US officials Confirm Israeli Strike on Iranian Arms Depot in Iraq Posted by: Fred 2019-08-28 |
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