Hezbollah chief Hassan Nasrallah warns the United States against sowing “chaos” in Lebanon, suggesting it could lead to a war between his Iran-backed terror group and Israel.
“The Americans must know that if they push Lebanon to chaos and the Lebanese people suffer, we won’t stand idly by and watch the chaos. We will rather extend our hand to make you feel pain, even if that leads to the choice of war with your beloved Israel,” Nasrallah says during a speech for former Hezbollah leaders, according to Lebanon’s Naharnet.
“If you push Lebanon to chaos, you will lose in Lebanon, and you should expect chaos in the entire region,” he adds.
He suggests Hezbollah could take action against Israeli offshore gas production if there’s continued “procrastination” in the development of fields slated for Lebanon, following a US-backed maritime demarcation agreement between Jerusalem and Beirut.
Nasrallah also addresses the political tensions in Israel over the coalition’s efforts to far-reaching changes to the judicial system, saying the government was pushing toward conflict internally and with the Palestinians.
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