Iran says it expects Hezbollah to strike “deeper inside Israel” after Beirut strike that killed senior commander “crossed the line”. (Photo: AFP)
Iran expects Hezbollah to strike “deeper inside Israel” after Beirut strike “crossed line”
Iran said Saturday that it expects its proxy, Lebanese group Hezbollah, to hit targets deeper inside “Israel” and no longer be confined to military targets.
This comes following the assassination of a top Hezbollah military commander and advisor to the group’s Secretary-General Hasan Nasrallah in a strike on a residential building in south Beirut which also killed five other civilians; three women and two children.
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"We expect... Hezbollah to choose more targets and (strike) deeper in its response," said the Iranian mission to the United Nations, quoted by the official IRNA news agency.
"Secondly, that it will not limit its response to military targets.”
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"Hezbollah and the (Israeli) regime had observed certain lines…the Beirut strike crossed that line", it added.
Late Friday, an Iranian state TV presenter anticipated "astounding and major events" taking place "in the coming hours" in the Israeli Occupation.
