The Israeli military issued the widest warning yet to Hezbollah in neighboring Lebanon.
The Israeli army said it was ready to attack immediately if provoked.
Along with this, the Israeli army mentioned the activities of Hezbollah on the northern border during the four-month-long war in Gaza and also admitted to carrying out several air strikes in Syria against this terrorist group.
“War is not our first priority, but we are certainly prepared,” Israeli military spokesman Daniel Hagari said. Wherever there is Hezbollah, we will continue to take action; wherever there is need in West Asia, we will continue to take action.
What is true for Lebanon is true for Syria and most other remote places.
The comments came after the defense minister warned that the ceasefire against extremist group Hamas in Gaza does not mean Israel will not attack Hezbollah if necessary.
Efforts continue to extend the ceasefire
Efforts are underway to extend the ceasefire between Israel and Hamas amid concerns of a wider war with Iran-backed groups in the region.
Osama Hamdan, a top Hamas official, said they were studying the proposal made by the US, Egypt, Qatar and Israel and said Israel was accepting a number of conditions, including a permanent ceasefire.
107 deaths in last 24 hours
Due to the war in Hamas-ruled Gaza, 85 percent of its population has been displaced.
The Health Ministry in Gaza said on Saturday that 107 people had died in the last 24 hours, bringing the number of people killed so far in the war to 27,238.
More than 66,000 people have been injured. At least 17 people, including women and children, were killed in two separate air strikes overnight in Rafah, south of Gaza, according to the registration office of Abu Yusuf al-Najjar hospital.
According to hospital officials, the first attack was carried out on a residential building, in which at least 13 members of a family were killed. The dead include four women and three children.