Let’s see: Iran’s proxy Hezbollah attacks Israel from Lebanon, specifically going after civilians. Israel makes threats to annihilate Hezbollah (which would actually make Lebanon happy and help their economy). And then
Iran threatens ‘obliterating war’ if Israel launches full-scale conflict with Hezbollah
Iran is threatening an “obliterating war” if Israel launches an all-out conflict against Hezbollah in Lebanon.
The thunderous warning came after the Israel Defense Forces hit several Hezbollah targets Friday in retaliation to the Iran-backed terror group’s barrage of rockets launched on northern Israel earlier in the day.
“Should [Israel] embark on full-scale military aggression, an obliterating war will ensue,” the Iranian UN mission said in a post on X late Friday.
The statement said that Iran sees Israeli threats against Hezbollah as “psychological warfare” and “propaganda,” but said that should Israel “embark on full-scale military aggression, an obliterating war will ensue.”
The statement continued that “all options, including the full involvement of all Resistance Fronts, are on the table,” referring to its “Axis of Resistance” that includes the Tehran-backed proxies Hezbollah, Hamas, and the Houthis in Yemen.
It’s all very simple: Hezbollah needs to hold their fire. Stop attacking Israel. Don’t want none don’t start none. They should realize by now that Israel’s patience ended when Hamas attacked civilians on October 7th. They might have no patience with Hezbollah. Of course, that might be what Iran wants.
Of course, it might well not go the way Iran wants. Most of their military planes are antiquated, and much of their military is absolutely no match for Israel if the want to get jiggy with it. And if Iran goes to far, well, yes, Israel has nuclear weapons. Iran shouldn’t be counting on other Arab nations joining in.
(Reuters) Israeli Foreign Minister Israel Katz said on Saturday that Iran’s message of an “obliterating war” made it worthy of destruction.
?”A regime that threatens destruction deserves to be destroyed,” Katz said in a post on X. He also said Israel will act with full force against Iran-backed Hezbollah if it does not stop firing at Israel from Lebanon and move away from the border.
Be careful what you wish for, Iran. You just might get it.
Israel is guesstimated to have 90 nuclear warheads, with enough weapons grade fissile material to build up to 200, while Iran is guesstimated to have zero. Iran threatening to launch an “obliterating war” against Israel id threatening such a war only against itself.
Iran is 1,000 miles from Israel; there’s only so much the mad mullahs could do.
Israel has the Samson Option.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samson_Option
