Israel is continuously attacking Hamas positions in the Gaza Strip. Meanwhile, Hezbollah chief Hassan Nasrallah warned on Friday that if attacks on Gaza continue, the war between Israel and Hamas could turn into a regional conflict. Also said that if this war spreads to other countries, America will be responsible for it.
In his first speech since war broke out between Hamas militants and Israel nearly four weeks ago, the head of the Iran-backed movement warned that “all options” were open for the conflict to expand to Lebanon. “The United States is fully responsible for the war on the Gaza Strip and its people, and Israel is only a vehicle,” Nasrallah said in a television broadcast. He also described the conflict as “decisive”.
“Anyone who wants to stop a regional war must immediately stop the aggression on Gaza,” the Hezbollah chief said. Thousands of supporters gathered to hear the speech at an event in the southern suburbs of Beirut, Hezbollah’s stronghold, held in memory of the group’s fighters killed in Israeli bombings. Others gathered elsewhere in Lebanon and the region, including Tehran and Baghdad.
Lebanon’s southern border has been witnessing a largely tit-for-tat situation between Israel and the Palestinian group’s ally Hezbollah ever since Hamas militants launched a shocking attack on Israel from the Gaza Strip on October 7. This has created a possibility of a major conflict.
US President Joe Biden has sent two aircraft carriers to the Eastern Mediterranean. Challenging America, Hezbollah Chief said: your fleet in the Mediterranean Sea does not scare us. We are ready to face the fleet with which you threaten us. He said, “You Americans know very well that if there is a war in the region, your fleet will be of no use, nor will air war help. First of all, your interests, your troops and your fleet will pay the price. “