JERUSALEM (Reuters) – Israel’s defence minister stated on Sunday that Israel has no real interest in waging conflict on its northern entrance and that if the Lebanese group Hezbollah restrains itself then Israel will maintain the state of affairs alongside the border as it’s.
Sporadic hearth throughout the Israel-Lebanon border over the previous week has raised issues that combating with Hamas militants in Gaza might escalate right into a broader battle.
On Sunday afternoon sirens sounded throughout northern Israel, sending residents operating for shelter, and the army stated it intercepted 5 of 9 rockets fired from Lebanon. It then responded with artillery hearth on the space from the place the rockets had been launched.
“Now we have no real interest in a conflict within the north. We do not need to escalate the state of affairs,” Defence Minister Yoav Gallant informed reporters.
“If Hezbollah chooses the trail of conflict, it’s going to pay a really heavy value. Very heavy. But when it restrains itself, we’ll respect that and maintain the state of affairs as it’s,” Gallant stated, noting that there had been exchanges of fireplace throughout the border.
(Reporting by Ari Rabinovitch, Modifying by Louise Heavens and Hugh Lawson)
