Lebanon to pay ‘heavy price,’ warns Israel

Israel threatened Friday to make Lebanon’s government “pay a heavy price” through strikes on state infrastructure and the possible seizure of additional territory, Anadolu reports. “The Lebanese government will pay a heavy price through strikes targeting Lebanese national infrastructure and the loss of territory used by Hezbollah militants until it fulfills its basic commitment to disarm the group,” Defense Minister Israel Katz said during a security assessment at the Defense Ministry headquarters in Tel Aviv, according to a statement from his office. Katz said the Israeli military had targeted and destroyed a key bridge over the Litani River overnight, claiming it had been used by Hezbollah members to transfer weapons into southern Lebanon. “This is only the beginning, and the […]