Israel’s military said plans for a Lebanon offensive had been “approved and validated,” prompting Hezbollah to respond that none of Israel would be spared in a full-blown conflict. Iran on Saturday warned that “all Resistance Fronts,” a grouping of Iran and its regional allies, would confront Israel if it attacks Lebanon.
The comment from Iran’s mission to New York comes with fears of a wider regional war involving Israel and Lebanon’s Iran-backed Hezbollah movement. Since the start of the Gaza conflict, the two sides have engaged in almost daily exchanges of fire.
However, it stated that “an obliterating war will ensue should it embark on full-scale military aggression.” Everything is on the table, including the complete participation of all Resistance Fronts. When Hamas Palestinian militants invaded southern Israel in October, the Gaza War broke out.
Iran, a country that supports Hamas, has acknowledged the success of the attack and denied any role in it. Iran-backed rebels in Yemen have attacked commercial ships in the Red Sea region on multiple occasions, claiming these strikes are acts of sympathy with the Palestinians, in addition to Hezbollah’s operations on northern Israel.
Iran supports other regional groups as well. Since the 1979 revolution that overthrew Iran’s shah, who was supported by the United States, the Islamic republic has refused to acknowledge Israel. In April, fears of a regional conflict also increased following an airstrike that destroyed Iran’s consulate in Damascus and claimed the lives of seven Revolutionary Guardsmen, including two generals.
Later, explosions were reported by Iran’s official media in the central province of Isfahan, while US media published statements from US officials claiming that Israel had struck back at its bitterest adversary.
