Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah said Thursday that multiple waves of exploding electronic devices across Lebanon this week “crossed all red lines” and vowed “just punishment” against Israel, further raising fears of an all-out war between the two Middle Eastern powers and a wider regional conflict.
As Nasrallah spoke in his first public comments since the successive remote attacks killed a combined 37 people and wounded roughly 3,000 others, Israeli warplanes flew over the Lebanese capital Beirut, creating sonic booms and shaking buildings in a show of force.
Hezbollah and Israeli forces meanwhile continued their daily cross-border strikes that have lasted throughout Israel’s 11-month conflict with Hamas in Gaza, which Hezbollah is seeking to end.
Two Israeli soldiers were killed in combat on Thursday in Israel’s north, the Israeli military said.
But Nasrallah, in a televised address broadcast from an undisclosed location, vowed further retaliation in response to the widespread bombings, which have been blamed on Israel’s Mossad spy agency.
“The enemy will face a severe and just punishment from where they expect and don’t expect,” Nasrallah said.
Over two days, pagers and walkie-talkies used by Hezbollah detonated, wounding and even crippling some fighters, but also maiming civilians connected to the group’s social branches and killing at least two children.
The attacks came as Israeli leaders have warned that they could launch a stepped-up military operation against Hezbollah, saying they are determined to stop the group’s fire to allow tens of thousands of Israelis to return to homes near the border.
The attacks “crossed all red lines,” Nasrallah said.
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