Hangover: Lebanon must disarm Hezbollah or pay a high price

Israeli Defense Minister Israel Kac warned the Lebanese authorities on Saturday that they must disarm Hezbollah or they will “pay a very high price.” Israel attacks Lebanon as part of an operation against the pro-Iranian Hezbollah.

– We do not have any territorial claims against Lebanon, but we will not accept a situation in which what has been going on for many years, namely the shelling of the territory of the State of Israel from Lebanon, will be resumed – said the Minister of Defense.

– That is why we turn (to the Lebanese authorities – PAP) and warn: act and take steps before we take even greater ones – he added.

Addressing Lebanese President Joseph Aoun on television, Kac reminded him that he had pledged to disarm Hezbollah, but this had not happened.

Recalling the figure of the pro-Iranian Hezbollah leader killed by Israel in September 2024, Katz noted that “if (Hasan) Nasrallah (has already) destroyed Lebanon (once), then (the current leader of the group) Naim Qassem will destroy it again.”

Lebanese Ministry of Health: Almost 300 people have died in Israeli attacks

Since Monday, 294 people have been killed and over 1,000 injured in attacks by Israeli troops on Lebanon, the Ministry of Health in Beirut reported on Saturday, quoted by AFP.

On Friday, the ministry reported 217 dead and almost 800 injured. Only 41 people were killed in the attacks carried out by Israel on the night from Friday to Saturday on the town of Nabi Shit in eastern Lebanon. It was the deadliest Israeli bombing of Lebanon since it resumed on Monday.

Israel has been waging war against Iran together with the US since February 28. At the same time, Israeli troops are attacking the Iranian-backed Lebanese Hezbollah, which has joined the conflict on Tehran's side.

On Saturday, the Israeli army again urged civilians across southern Lebanon to evacuate amid attacks on Hezbollah. For the first time, such an appeal was issued on Wednesday. According to information from the Israeli army, 420,000 people have left their homes so far. civilians. (PAP)

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