Published: 12:09, August 8, 2021 | Updated: 12:09, August 8, 2021
Hezbollah says 'fully prepared for any war with Israel'
By Xinhua

Israeli self-propelled howitzers fire towards Lebanon from a position near the northern Israeli town of Kiryat Shmona following rocket fire from the Lebanese side of the border, on Au 6, 2021. (JALAA MAREY / AFP)

BEIRUT - Hezbollah leader Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah said on Saturday that Hezbollah does not fear any Israeli war and it is fully prepared for it, al-Manar local TV channel reported.

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"We are fully prepared for the war and we are certain that we will win it," Nasrallah said in a televised speech to mark the 15th anniversary of a war between Israel and Lebanon in 2006.

Nasrallah's comments came following the exchange of rockets between Lebanon and Israel over the past two days.

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Hezbollah fired rockets on Friday against Israeli targets in the occupied Shebaa Farms in retaliation for Israeli airstrikes on Thursday in southern Lebanon.