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“It [Hezbollah] wants to promote some action that will be considered a retaliatory action to preserve its deterrence, and at the same time contain its response so that it will not cause deterioration into a wider conflict in which it is not currently interested,” said Orna Mizrahi, a senior research fellow at the Institute for National Security Studies.
State Department envoy Ellie Cohanim also noted that the United States is urging nations to adopt the International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance definition of anti-Semitism.
Terror-cell operatives may be searching for weak spots along the northern border with Lebanon; Israel sends extra forces as a message to back down.
The Israel Defense Forces has sent in reinforcements to its border with Lebanon ahead of the Muslim holiday of Eid al-Adha.
“We will do whatever is necessary to defend ourselves and I suggest that Hezbollah consider this simple fact,” says Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.
The terror organization denied that it carried out an attack on Israel, and that it still plans to avenge the death of one of its members.
“No injuries to IDF troops were reported. We continue to stand ready to defend Israel’s border from any enemy threat,” according to a statement by the Israel Defense Forces.
Lt. Col. Sarit Zehavi, CEO of Alma research center, says that although “the last thing Hezbollah needs is an escalation with Israel, this is Western logic. I’m not sure this is Hezbollah logic.”
“Lebanon and Syria are responsible for what happens on and from their territory,” warns Israeli defense minister • Hezbollah deputy secretary general: “Israel’s threats are ineffective.”
The Israeli premier conveys a message to Tehran and Hezbollah that acts of aggression will not be tolerated against the Jewish state.
Brig. Gen. Gil Aginsky, outgoing head of the Israeli Navy’s Haifa base, describes the Mediterranean as an immense “blue tunnel” that can’t be blown up.
The Israel Defense Forces said it would “hold the Lebanese government responsible for all actions emanating from Lebanon.”
