Israel Will ‘Copy-Paste’ Gaza War to Beirut if Hezbollah Continues Rocket Attacks, Defense Minister Says
Posted on AllSides January 8th, 2024
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Israel is at war with an “axis” of Iranian-funded militias, and ultimately Iran itself, defense minister Yoav Gallant said in an interview published late Sunday, and unless the Iranian-backed Hezbollah militia in Lebanon agrees to stop its rocket barrages on northern Israel, Gallant said Israel will give Beirut the treatment it has given Gaza.
“We are willing to sacrifice,” Gallant said in an interview with The Wall Street Journal. “They see what is happening in Gaza. They know we can copy-paste to Beirut,” the Lebanese capital.
“The priority isn’t to get into a...