The comments by Hezbollah's deputy leader, Sheikh Naim Kassem, came as Israel shelled and made drone strikes in southern Lebanon and Hezbollah fired rockets and missiles toward Israel.
For Hezbollah, heating up the Lebanon-Israel border has a clear purpose, Kassem said: "We are trying to weaken the Israeli enemy and let them know that we are ready."
Hamas officials have said that if Israel starts a ground offensive in Gaza, Hezbollah will join the fighting.
"Do you believe that if you try to crush the Palestinian resistance, other resistance fighters in the region will not act?"
Kassem said in a speech Saturday during the funeral of a Hezbollah fighter.
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