Netanyahu promises “firm” response to Hezbollah attacks; Iran says it will not leave Israeli aggression ‘unanswered’

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu vowed on Sunday to take a “firm” stance against Hezbollah’s actions and block any attempts by the group to rearm, his office said in a statement during a visit to the northern border with Lebanon.

Addressing soldiers stationed at the border, Netanyahu said: “I want to be clear: with or without a deal, the key to restoring peace and security in the north, the key to the safe return of our residents in the north, is first and foremost. to push Hezbollah beyond the Litani River, secondly, to fight any attempt to rearm, and thirdly, to respond decisively to any action taken against us.”

Also on Sunday, protesters in Tehran burned Israeli and US flags outside the former US embassy, ​​commemorating the 1979 hostage crisis, a key event in US-Iranian relations. The US military announced on Saturday that US B-52 bombers had arrived in the Middle East as part of military reinforcements to warn Iran.

Meanwhile, Iran’s president commented on a possible ceasefire between its allies and Israel on Sunday, saying it “could affect” Tehran’s response to recent Israeli attacks on Iranian military positions.

“If they (the Israelis) reconsider their behavior, agree to a ceasefire and stop the mass killings of oppressed and innocent people in the region, it can affect the intensity and type of our response,” Massoud Pezeshkian said, according to IRNA, the state news agency. Iran agency. He stated that Iran “will not leave any aggression against its sovereignty and security unanswered.”

Israeli jets carried out the strikes on October 26 in retaliation, according to Israel, for rocket fire from Tehran on October 1. Iran, in turn, said its attack was in response to the killing of Iranian-backed militant leaders and a Revolutionary Army commander. Security guards

(Courtesy of agencies)

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