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Hezbollah warns of all-out war if Israel escalates in Lebanon

We’re ready to fight without limits, leader declares after assassination of Hamas deputy in Beirut
Hassan Nasrallah addressed supporters via video link the day after Saleh al-Arouri, a senior Hamas leader, was killed in Beirut
Hassan Nasrallah addressed supporters via video link the day after Saleh al-Arouri, a senior Hamas leader, was killed in Beirut
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Hezbollah’s supreme leader, Hassan Nasrallah, has warned Israel that it is ready for war “without limits” should the IDF attack as Antony Blinken, the US secretary of state, heads to the Middle East for a fourth time in an attempt to reduce tensions.

Nasrallah declared that Israel’s enemies had become “bolder than before, more willing to wage war than before” after Hamas’s October 7 terror attack, which he celebrated as an act of resistance that had “brought down the idea of Israel as a safe haven for Jews”.

“Today I will not make any threats,” he said. “But if the enemy decides to wage war on Lebanon, our combat will have no ceiling, no limit.” Painting Hezbollah as the protector of the Lebanese state, he