Nasrallah stresses that “no Israeli target on sea or land is beyond the range of the resistance’s precision missiles.”
July 26 (EUROPA PRESS) –
The leader of the Hezbollah Shiite militia party, Hassan Nasrallah, has warned Israel against extracting gas in the Karish field, located in an area of the Mediterranean Sea in dispute between the two countries, and has stressed that these activities would lead to “problems “.
“If Karish oil and gas extraction starts in September, before Lebanon gets its rights (in indirect talks between the two countries), we would be running into a problem and doing whatever it takes to achieve our goal,” he said. “No one wants war and the decision is in Israel’s hands, not ours,” he added.
“The president of the United States (Joe Biden) does not want a war in the region and that is our opportunity for us to press and get our oil,” he argued in an interview with the Lebanese television network Al Mayadín, before alerting Israel that “all camps are under threat, not just Karish’s.”
Thus, Nasrallah has pointed out that “no Israeli target on land or sea is out of range of the resistance’s precision missiles.” “Such an action, whether in Karish or beyond, depends on the decision of the Israeli enemy and the United States. Lebanon offered great concessions,” he argued, while emphasizing that “the ball is not in the court Lebanese”.
The Hezbollah leader recalled that Lebanon “is the party that is prohibited from extracting oil and gas in the area that is not in dispute”, for which he stated that “what is necessary is to stick to the limits claimed by the Lebanese state and withdraw the veto to the companies that will extract the oil”, as reported by the Lebanese portal Naharnet.
In this way, he has called on the Lebanese population to “trust in the capabilities of the resistance.” “We have not asked anyone to join us for a future war but it is not known if other parties would join this war, which is somewhat likely,” he explained, in apparent reference to Hezbollah’s ties to Iran and Syria.
Israel and Lebanon — which are technically at war and do not maintain diplomatic relations — began a process of indirect talks in October 2020, mediated by the United States and held under the auspices of the United Nations at the headquarters of the international organization. in the Lebanese city of Naqura.
The negotiations revolve around an area of 860 square kilometers that, according to both countries, is located in their respective Exclusive Economic Zones, a matter of special importance after the discovery of gas reserves in this area that both Israel and Lebanon hope to be able to exploit. .
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