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Hezbollah vows to respond to recent Israeli airstrike
by Joseph Earnest February 26, 2014
Newscast
Media DAMASCUS—Hezbollah pledged Wednesday to respond to an Israeli airstrike earlier
this week that targeted a base on the Lebanon-Syria border in the
group's first official confirmation of the attack.
"This Israeli aggression will not stand without a response from the
resistance," Hezbollah said in a statement, according to the Daily Star.
"The resistance will choose the right time and place as well as the appropriate response method," the group warned.
The statement said there were no casualties in Monday night's air raid,
adding that the attack had inflicted "some" damage to a Hezbollah base
near the Bekaa Valley border town of Janta.
The statement denied reports that a Hezbollah-bound weapons shipments from Syria had been the target.
"Reports by some media outlets that artillery or missile bases have been
targeted or that [Hezbollah] fighters [were killed] are baseless," the
group said.
A report published Wednesday in the Israeli daily Haaretz said Israeli
defense officials are preparing for Hezbollah to target senior Israeli
figures in retaliation for Monday’s attack. The report, citing Israeli sources, said Hezbollah was not expected to
react immediately and that Israeli military leaders were preparing
accordingly.
Meanwhile, Lebanese President Michel Sleiman asked Foreign Minister
Gebran Bassil to file a complaint with the UN Security Council over
Israel’s latest attack. Add
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Source: Tehran Times
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