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Hezbollah chief calls Israel a 'cancerous growth' which 'must be destroyed'

A high-level Israeli government security summit will take place to discuss the growing threat from Hezbollah in Lebanon

July 30, 2023 09:42
Nasrallah
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(JNS) Benjamin Netanyahu will hold a high-level security summit on Sunday to discuss the growing threat from Hezbollah in Lebanon, just hours after the groups boss called for Israel's destruction.

Israeli Defence Minister Yoav Gallant and senior Israel Defence Forces officials will brief the Israeli PM on the escalating situation over recent months in a meeting that was delayed a week due to Netanyahu's hospitalisation on July 22. 

Meanwhile, according to Israeli media reports, the IDF is bolstering its forces in the north in preparation for possible provocations by the Iran-backed terror group, which in April established an outpost on the Israeli side of the demarcation line. 

Part of the outpost was removed earlier this month, and Hezbollah Secretary-General Hassan Nasrallah has threatened confrontation if Israel attempts to dismantle the rest.

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