Iran issued a direct warning to Israel on Thursday morning, stating that any military operation on the Ali al-Tahar ridge in southern Lebanon would provoke a broad Iranian response, according to reports. The ridge has been a focus of IDF strikes on Hezbollah positions in recent weeks.
Iran on Thursday issued a direct warning to Israel, stating that any Israeli military operation on the Ali al-Tahar ridge in southern Lebanon would trigger a broad Iranian response, according to a report. The threat was reported in Hebrew-language channels without an explicit citation of an Iranian official source.
The Ali al-Tahar ridge, overlooking the Nabatieh region, has been a frequent target of Israeli strikes against Hezbollah positions. As The Zioneer has reported, the ridge was the focus of major retaliatory strikes in June after an IDF tank was hit by a projectile near Tibnin; at least 23 people were reported killed in the Nabatieh region on that occasion. Another strike on the ridge in late June killed five, according to Lebanese sources cited by The Zioneer.
The threat marks a rare explicit warning from Tehran regarding Israeli operations in a specific sector of southern Lebanon. The level of Iranian military readiness or the mechanism of a potential response remains unstated.
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