After this new increase in hostilities, Hezbollah said it had completed its 'first phase.' Iran's Supreme Leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, holds the key to what happens next.
The world's most armed militant group later appeared to confirm the plan, saying it had launched hundreds of rockets at Israel .Both sides know that such a development could be mutually devastating.
The Israeli military said it launched early morning strikes at targets in southern Lebanon when it learned Hezbollah was planning to launch an "extensive" attack on its territory.Displaced Lebanese beg to go home as country braces for war Hezbollah controls the airport in Beirut, so plane-loads of weapons are able to be brought into Lebanon's capital, then taken to the country's south, near the border with Israel.Hezbollah fighters spent several years in neighbouring Syria where they helped to prop up the regime of Bashar al-Assad, fighting and usually defeating Sunni militia groups, which were part of the attempt to dislodge the government.
Should the "Big War" occur — as many in Lebanon and Israel refer to a regional conflict — casualties on both sides will be high.Photo shows Ali Khamenei sits in a chair and speaks with Ismail Haniyeh and Ziad Nakhaleh, who sit on a nearby couch in a formal room.
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