JERUSALEM: Hezbollah will make 'the mistake of its life' if it starts a war with his country, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Sunday, as tensions rose on the Israel-Lebanon border.
His remarks came during a visit to his troops near Israel's northern border with Lebanon, where increasing artillery exchanges have heightened fears of a new front opening as the Jewish state battles Hamas in Gaza.A masked demonstrator waves a flag of the Iran-backed Lebanese Shiite movement Hezbollah during a demonstration supporting the Palestinians in Lebanon's capital Beirut on Oct. 20, 2023.
'A very dangerous game'On Sunday, the army said its forces 'identified a terrorist cell attempting to launch anti-tank missiles toward the Avivim' border area, saying they had 'struck the cell before it was able to carry out the attack.'And an anti-tank missile was fired at an Israeli tank in the Har Dov area — Israel's term for the disputed Shebaa Farms district — without causing casualties or damage, with the tank returning fire, it added.
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