Hezbollah threatens to target Tel Aviv, Haifa if Israel strikes Beirut again

Mahmoud Kamati, deputy head of Hezbollah's political council, warned Israel against further strikes in Beirut. He stated that if Israel renews its attacks on the Lebanese capital, Hezbollah would retaliate by targeting central Israeli cities like Haifa and Tel Aviv. Kamati rejected any notion of a limited exchange, asserting that the "campaign is in full swing, and the horizon is open."

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The equation of Dahiyeh against settlements in the north cannot be accepted in any way.

Kamati explicitly rejected a "Dahiyeh against settlements in the north" equation, proposing instead an "equation" between "Dahiyeh and Beirut on the one side, and Haifa and Tel Aviv on the other." This escalates the potential conflict beyond the northern border.

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It is not possible for the firing towards the north to stop in exchange for Dahiyeh not being attacked.

Meanwhile, the Houthi terror group in Yemen also signaled its intent to retaliate against Israel. Mohammed Alfrah, a member of the Houthi's Political Bureau, posted on X that Israel "must realize that any breach will be met with a response and that its soldiers in the south will remain vulnerable to daily killing until the withdrawal." Alfrah suggested that Israel's perceived appetite for attacking Lebanon stems from a 15-month period without response and ongoing negotiations with Lebanese authorities.

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From the start, the campaign is in full swing, and the horizon is open.