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Beirut reportedly warns Hezbollah against joining Iranian response to Israel

By Nurit Yohanan 13 June 2025, 11:48 am 1 Edit

Nurit Yohanan is The Times of Israel's Palestinian and Arab world correspondent

Lebanon’s government informed the Hezbollah terror group that it would not tolerate the Iranian proxy joining in Tehran’s response against Israel following the attack on Iran’s nuclear facilities, the Saudi news outlet al-Arabiya reports.

“The time when the organization bypassed the state in deciding to go to war is over,” the group was told, according to the report.

The report adds that Lebanese authorities also warned Hezbollah that it would bear responsibility for dragging the country into war.

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