(Daily Wire) The Islamic Republic of Iran has reportedly given its most powerful terrorist proxy group — the Lebanese-based Hezbollah terrorist organization — permission to escalate its attacks against Israel.
High-level Iranian and Lebanese sources reportedly told the Arabic Post this week that Iran, the world’s leading state sponsor of terrorism, has told Hezbollah to launch a full-scale attack against Israel if Israel moves ahead with going into the Gazan city of Rafa as part of its military operation to destroy Hamas following the October 7 terrorist attack.
Iran gave the order because it believes that once Israel is done eliminating terrorists inside Rafa, it will then attack Hezbollah’s positions in southern Lebanon.
“[Hezbollah Secretary-General] Hassan Nasrallah told [Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guards-Quds Force (IRGC-QF) Commander Esmail] Qaani that the attack is likely to be very imminent, most likely in the month of Ramadan, or with Israel’s invasion of the city of Rafah,” an IRGC source told Arabic Post. “Nasrallah said that he is completely certain of [Israel’s] intention to launch a large-scale attack on Lebanon, and he asked Qaani to give him complete freedom in how he intends to attack.”
Hezbollah has launched hundreds of small-scale attacks against Israel since Hamas’ October 7 attack, forcing dozens of towns in northern Israel to evacuate, leading to hundreds of thousands of Israelis being displaced.
Israel signaled this week that any ceasefire agreement that is reached between Israel and Hamas inside Gaza will not apply to Israel’s fight against Hezbollah in the north.
Other media reports from the region this week have indicated that both Israel and Hezbollah are preparing for a full-scale war that is likely to erupt soon.
