2023-10-09 22:28:47
A newspaper said,Yedioth Ahronoth“Israel warned the Secretary-General of Hezbollah in Lebanon, Hassan Nasrallah, of the consequences of joining Hamas in the ongoing war with Israel, and said that if this happens, he will have to confront the full force of the Israeli army, supported by the American naval force, which is making its way to the east of… Mediterranean sea.
The Israeli newspaper reported that the Israeli warnings reached Nasrallah through messages conveyed by senior officials in the French government.
She said that the messages included a warning that his joining the battle would push Israel to act in the manner of a “householder who has gone crazy,” and would harm his important ally, Syrian President Bashar al-Assad. The Syrian capital, Damascus, and the southern suburbs (Hezbollah’s stronghold) in the capital, Beirut, would also be destroyed. Both, according to the Israeli newspaper.
Deterring “Nasrallah”
The newspaper said that the messages mean that Israel, in an attempt to deter Nasrallah, is brandishing American power and threatening the Syrian regime, including “the personal security of President Bashar al-Assad, up to the point of liquidating and eliminating him.”
She pointed out that US Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin ordered the US aircraft carrier USS Gerald Ford to be moved closer to the region, as it is part of a naval force that will reach the eastern Mediterranean, and includes destroyers and warships.
Yedioth Ahronoth quoted political sources participating in the talks with the US administration and senior French government officials as saying that Israel is holding talks with the White House, which is working to obtain Congressional approval to allow US forces to participate in a possible campaign once morest Hezbollah, because US law requires obtaining such This is approval to exercise force outside the country.
According to the newspaper, high-ranking political sources hope “Nasrallah will not repeat the mistake that implicated him” in the Second Lebanon War in 2006.
American warning
On the other hand, a senior official in the US Department of Defense warned the Lebanese Hezbollah once morest making the “wrong decision” to open a second front once morest Israel, while the Israeli army is focusing its strikes on the Gaza Strip.
The American official told reporters in Washington: “We are deeply concerned regarding the possibility of Hezbollah making the wrong decision and choosing to open a second front in this conflict.”
Hezbollah announced earlier that it had struck military targets in Israel, in response to a bombing that killed 3 of its members in southern Lebanon.
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