Beirut has been warned of possible large-scale Israeli attack on Hezbollah, FM says

12 December 2025, 8:20 pm

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Illustrative: Smoke billows from the site of an Israeli airstrike that targeted the southern Lebanese village of al-Mjadel on December 4, 2025. (KAWANT HAJU / AFP)

Lebanese Foreign Minister Youssef Rajji reveals to Al Jazeera that Beirut has received warnings from Arab and international parties that Israel is preparing to launch a wide-scale operation against Hezbollah in Lebanon.

Rajji says the Lebanese government is in the midst of intensive diplomatic engagements to prevent such an operation and to ensure that its personnel and facilities are not targeted.

The Lebanese foreign minister says his government is still trying to negotiate with Hezbollah, hoping it can coax the terror group to willingly give up its weapons, arguing that they proved ineffective “in supporting Gaza and defending the country” over the past two years.