{"id":163718,"date":"2018-05-14T22:58:47","date_gmt":"2018-05-15T02:58:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/?p=163718"},"modified":"2018-05-14T22:58:47","modified_gmt":"2018-05-15T02:58:47","slug":"hezbollah-says-new-phase-in-war-with-israel-after-strikes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/2018\/05\/14\/hezbollah-says-new-phase-in-war-with-israel-after-strikes\/","title":{"rendered":"Hezbollah says ‘new phase’ in war with Israel after strikes"},"content":{"rendered":"
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BEIRUT – The leader of Lebanon’s Hezbollah said Monday a barrage of rockets from Syria against Israeli forces in the occupied Goal Heights last week opens up \u201ca new phase\u201d in the conflict, warning that Israel proper could be the next target for retaliation.<\/p>\n

Hassan Nasrallah said that Israel has been informed through an international body that retaliation inside Israel will take place if it crosses \u201ca red line\u201d in Syria, without providing specifics.<\/p>\n

Israel on Thursday unleashed a heavy bombardment against what it said were Iranian military installations in Syria on Thursday. It said it was retaliation for an Iranian rocket barrage on its positions in the Golan. It was the most serious military confrontation between the two bitter enemies to date.<\/p>\n

In a televised speech to a rally in Beirut, Nasrallah did not say who carried out the rocket fire into the Golan. He called it retaliation for \u201cIsrael’s continued aggression against Syria.\u201d In past weeks, Israel is believed to have carried out a number of strikes against military bases in Syria, killing Iranian and Syrian troops.<\/p>\n

\u201cYou as an enemy will not be able to continue to target Syria and the axis of resistance without retaliation,\u201d he said, adding, \u201cThis qualitative rocket attack establishes for a complete new phase\u201d in the conflict with Israel. The axis of resistance is a reference to Iran and its allies, Syria, Hezbollah and other allied armed groups in the region.<\/p>\n

Nasrallah said Israel has downplayed its losses in the strikes, in which he said 55 rockets hit military targets in the Golan for the first time since Israel and Syria had reached a cease fire and a disengagement agreement in 1974. Israel had said it downed 20 rockets coming from Syria.<\/p>\n

He said Israel’s retaliation mostly hit a number of posts in Syria that had already been evacuated. He said Syrian air defences downed a number of Israel’s missiles.<\/p>\n

He said the barrage \u201cbroke the prestige\u201d of Israel and that the attack, Israel’s response and its response against Gaza protests on Monday show it is far from ready to face its opponents.<\/p>\n

\u201cIf anyone is afraid of war in the region, it is Israel,\u201d Nasrallah said.<\/p>\n

He also blasted Bahrain’s foreign minister, calling him an \u201cidiot\u201d and a \u201ctraitor\u201d for supporting Israel’s right to respond to the barrage of rockets coming from Syria.<\/p>\n

Nasrallah called the creation of Israel, which marks 70 years of its creation Monday, a \u201cmark of shame\u201d for humanity.<\/p>\n

He said the pressure from Israel and the United States on Iran is not just because of its nuclear program, but is in essence because of its support to the Palestinians and other \u201cresistance\u201d groups. He urged the Palestinians not to accept any new U.S. peace plans.<\/p>\n

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