Bou Habib: War on Lebanon would not be easy for Israel
Caretaker Foreign Minister Abdallah Bou Habib has warned Israel that a war on Lebanon would not be “easy” for it and that “rockets will fall on it from all sides.”
“The Houthis are playing an international role and what they are doing is related to Gaza. Our stance is in harmony with the Arab stance and we don’t want an expansion of the war,” Bou Habib said in a TV interview.
“An internal war would ruin the country and if we were asked to choose between a regional war and a civil war we would pick the regional, because it would have an end, contrary to civil war,” Bou Habib added.
“There is a de facto situation in the South and Hezbollah is a Lebanese group that understands the country’s interest,” the minister went on to say, noting that the Lebanese government is “opposed to the launching of rockets by some non-Lebanese groups.”
Over 190 people have been killed in Lebanon during more than three months of cross-border clashes, including over 140 Hezbollah fighters and over 20 civilians, among them three journalists. In northern Israel, nine soldiers and six civilians have been killed, according to Israeli authorities.
The fighting has also displaced tens of thousands of Lebanese and Israeli residents on both sides of the border and Israel says it is keen on returning its residents to their homes even if that required a military campaign.
Source: Naharnet
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