Tehran has warned that continued Israeli strikes against Hezbollah targets in southern Lebanon will trigger a direct Iranian attack on Israel, according to a report by military affairs journalists Moria Asraf and Doron Kadosh. The threat comes amid a sharp drop in Hezbollah fighter casualties in the south and a debate over whether Iran can compel an Israeli withdrawal.
Iran has issued a renewed warning against continued Israeli operations in southern Lebanon. According to a report published Tuesday evening by military affairs journalists Moria Asraf and Doron Kadosh, Tehran is threatening a direct strike on Israel if IDF strikes on Hezbollah targets in the south persist.
The report notes that over the past two days, the number of Hezbollah operatives killed in southern Lebanon has been minimal — limited to those who approached IDF positions near the yellow line, where two Israeli divisions remain deployed. The authors assess that avoiding strikes under these circumstances is not feasible.
The core question, the report argues, is whether Iran can successfully compel an Israeli withdrawal from southern Lebanon as a precondition for signing a memorandum of understanding with the United States.
The warning follows a series of previous Iranian threats reported by The Zioneer. On June 8, Iran declared a cessation of its own strikes but warned of a "crushing" response if Lebanon operations continued. On June 12, Tehran used diplomatic channels in Islamabad to signal a potential escalation. The current threat appears more direct, framing continued Israeli action as the trigger for an Iranian attack on Israel itself.
2 developments
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- DevelopingIsraeli operations continue in Lebanon; official warns Hezbollah misstep could trigger broader conflict
- DevelopingIran warns: any Israeli operation in southern Lebanon will draw a harsher response
- DevelopingIsrael Katz warns Hezbollah: every attack on the north will draw a strike on Beirut's Dahiyeh
Source and signal
- Internal intake