Israeli defense minister threatens Lebanon with ‘fire that will burn entire country’

Israeli Defense Minister Israel Katz on Monday threatened Lebanon with “fire that will burn the entire country,” two days after Prime Minister ordered military escalation against Beirut, Anadolu reports. “(Hezbollah chief) Naim Qassem is playing with fire, and the fire will burn Hezbollah and all of Lebanon,” Katz said during a meeting with UN envoy to Lebanon Jeanine Hennis-Plasschaert, as cited in a statement issued by his office. The Israeli minister claimed that the Lebanese government “continues to take cover” under the Hezbollah wing. “Fire will break out and engulf the cedars of Lebanon,” Katz warned. He alleged that Lebanese President Joseph Aoun was “gambling with the future of Lebanon”, adding that Israel would not accept a situation in which […]