From the Liveblog of
Sunday, October 8, 2023
Top Hezbollah official warns US, Israel that fighting may spread
Gianluca Pacchiani is the Arab affairs reporter for The Times of Israel
Hashem Safi al-Din, head of Hezbollah’s Executive Council, holds a press conference today in which he gives a message to the US and Israel, saying that their violations of Islamic holy places and “crossing of all lines” have led to Hamas’s “Al-Aqsa Deluge” terror operation.
The whole Islamic nation will join the “deluge” if they persist in their “foolishness,” he says.
On Sunday morning, Hezbollah launched mortar shells at Israeli military sites on the Lebanon border, claiming it was in solidarity with the “Palestinian resistance.”
The Israel Defense Forces did not report any injuries, and said it responded with artillery fire toward the area of the launches and a drone strike against “Hezbollah infrastructure” in the area.
The Times of Israel Community.