TEHRAN - Hezbollah Deputy Secretary General Sheikh Naim Qassem has said the resistance movement will respond in kind if Israel launches a full-fledged war against Lebanon.

“If Israel expands the war, we will do the same. If it launches a full-scale conflict, we will not hesitate to respond in kind,” Qassem told Mehr News Agency. 
He warned Israel against any “foolish” acts against Lebanon. 

Over the past weeks, Israel has threatened to go to direct war with Hezbollah if the resistance movement does not stop its attacks against the regime. 

Israel and Hezbollah have been exchanging fire since the regime declared war on Gaza on October 7. Hezbollah has stressed that it won’t stop its attacks unless Israel ends the genocidal war on Gaza. 

“We will never surrender in the face of threats such as the expansion of war. This is because we are determined to continue supporting Gaza. We will not stop our operations against Israel as long as occupiers continue massacres and acts of aggression in Gaza,” the deputy Hezbollah chief noted. 

He said Hezbollah has drawn up plans in case Israel crosses its “red lines” as he referred to the military capabilities of the resistance movement.

Nearly two weeks ago, Hezbollah published footage of its reconnaissance drones flying over sensitive Israeli sites in areas such as the city of Haifa. 

The drones carried out their mission successfully and returned home without being detected by the regime’s anti-air systems.

“The footage taken by Hoopoe drone is just an example of the extensive capabilities of the resistance in hitting targets deep inside the Israeli occupied territories if the regime crosses the red lines. The army and officials of the occupying regime have understood this message very well,” he said.