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DAILY DOSE | Israel and Hezbollah have not engaged in all out war in over a decade since 2006, when the balance was far more in Israel's favor militarily. Now, however, that balance may shifted slightly with Hezbollah's new arsenal of weapons. Our Daniel Tsemach has the story.
Story:
On Wednesday, Iranian Revolutionary Guards Commander Hussein Salami declared that Lebanese militant group "Hezbollah has acquired capabilities in Syria that allow it to destroy Israel alone."
The warring comments seem to affirm Israel's concerns over Iranian-backed activity in war-torn Syria, where the Jewish state has admitted to conducting "hundreds of strikes" on Iranian-linked targets.
Also Wednesday, President Hassan Rouhani made it clear that Gulf states could ensure the region's security without the need for foreign forces, Iran's state media reported, following reports that Israel could join a US-led naval force in the strategic Strait of Hormuz.
The comments from come after a Lebanese lawmaker affiliated with Hezbollah warned at the start of the week that Israel was preparing to wage war against the Iran-backed group but that it was ready to “confront it.”
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu hinted that the Israeli military were responsible for carrying out a missile strike on Hezbollah targets in Syria earlier this month.
Salami also addressed the escalating tensions with the United States that were estimated to lead either to negotiations or a potential military conflict following the back-and-forth seizures of tankers in the Strait of Hormuz and the further breach of the nuclear deal terms.
"The Iranian people forgot about talking to the United States and removed it from his thought," he said in reference to suggestions in recent weeks of possible talks between the nations following international calls to reduce tensions.
He went so far as to say that "negotiating with the US is not the way to resolve [matters], arguing that simply having talks with the US will only increase the pressure and demands on the Ayatollah regime, "to make us surrender."