During a highly anticipated speech broadcast as part of an event in the southern suburbs of Beirut, the Hezbollah stronghold, Nasrallah warned Israel against attacking Lebanon, saying “all options are open on our Lebanese front”.
Nasrallah addressed the United States, saying, “Your fleet in the Mediterranean does not threaten us… We are ready to face the fleet you threaten us with.”
Since Hamas militants launched an unprecedented attack on Israel from the Gaza Strip on October 7, Lebanon’s southern border has seen an increase in tit-for-tat exchanges, primarily between Israel and the Palestinian group’s ally Hezbollah. Fear of widespread conflict has arisen.