Read previewThousands of Iran-backed fighters are ready to join the militant group Hezbollah in Lebanon as tensions rise with neighboring Israel, the Associated Press reported.
Hussein Malla / AP ImagesHezbollah has been launching strikes against Israel in support of the Palestinian militant group Hamas since the latter's October 7 attacks, which killed around 1,200 people in Israel.
Israel has also been weighing an all-out war with the group, with the country's defense minister, Israel Katz, saying on Tuesday that a decision on such a move was near.
In an all-out war, Hezbollah will be destroyed and Lebanon will be severely hit," Katz wrote on X.
Advertisement"One rash move – one miscalculation – could trigger a catastrophe that goes far beyond the border, and frankly, beyond imagination," he added.
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—, Hassan Nasrallah, Israel, Nasrallah, Hussein Malla, Israel Katz, Katz, António Guterres
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