Lebanese PM: ‘Israel’, not Hezbollah Looking for War
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Lebanese Prime Minister Saad Hariri reiterated concerns Sunday that recent ‘Israeli' actions have indicated a desire for future conflict, as the Zionist entity unveiled the latest addition to its multilayer missile system.
Hariri said that he was not concerned that Hezbollah might provoke a conflict with the ‘Israeli' entity.
"I think that ‘Israel' is the one that wants to launch a war against Lebanon, and not Hezbollah. ‘Israel' does not want the Arabs to rest. Look at the daily ‘Israeli' violations of our airspace, land and territorial waters," he told France24 TV station as he arrived in Paris to meet with President Francois Hollande during a European visit.
Meanwhile, in the ‘Israeli'-occupied territories, Zionist Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu claimed Sunday that the latest addition to ‘Israel's' missile systems meant that those seeking to destroy the ‘Israeli' entity would be endangering their own existence.
The new system is designed to intercept the type of medium-range missiles possessed by Hezbollah. Its unveiling marks the completion of ‘Israel's multitier system, which includes "the Arrow," designed to intercept long-range ballistic missiles in the stratosphere with an eye to Iran's capabilities, and "Iron Dome," which operates against short-range rockets from the Gaza Strip.
The system became operational Sunday amid heightened tensions along the ‘Israeli'-occupied Palestinian northern borders with Lebanon and Syria.
Last month, ‘Israeli' warplanes struck several targets in Syria that were thought to be a Hezbollah weapons convoy. The strikes drew retaliatory missile fire from Syrian forces, in the most serious incident between the two countries since the start of the Syrian war in 2011.
Source: News Agencies, Edited by website team
