Hezbollah leader calls Israeli pager attacks a ‘declaration of war,’ as Israel launches strikes on southern Lebanon
Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah in a televised speech on Thursday called Israel's remote detonations of pagers and Walkie-Talkies in Lebanon "a declaration of war" and said Israel will receive "a just punishment" for its actions. Nasrallah's speech was his first reaction to the clandestine Israeli attack, which killed at least 32 people and wounded more than 3,300. Hezbollah said many of those killed and injured were members of the group's military units and institutions. Nasrallah didn't elaborate on the militia's retaliation plans but his speech signaled that the Israeli-Lebanese border is headed towards further escalation and the risk of all-out war has dramatically increased. Several hours before the speech Hezbollah conducted a series of attacks against Israeli forces near the border, killing two Israeli soldiers and seriously wounding several others. Israeli fighter jets then conducted a series of strikes in southern Lebanon with the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) saying in a statement that "Hezbollah turned…
19 Sep 00:00 · Inlandnewstoday