Free Republic

Hizbullah has the right to possess an air defense system to face the Israeli warplanes that regularly fly over Lebanon, the leader of the group, Hassan Nasrallah said on Monday.

he army is on high alert along the northern border out of concern that Hizbullah will fire rockets - or use Palestinian proxies to do so - in response to the IDF's escalation of its operations in Gaza. Saeed Jalili. This would open a second front for Israel as it operates against Hamas in the South.

Ahead of Israel's ground offensive into Gaza, leading Lebanese political commentators said Hezbollah would not open a military front with Israel even if it invades Gaza. The commentators further explained that Hezbollah was not interested in a destructive round of violence months before the Lebanese election. Hezbollah expert Amal Saad-Ghorayeb told AFP over the weekend that she believes Hezbollah is trying not to upset the opposition. "On the domestic level, Hezbollah does not want to antagonize its domestic foes. They don't want to ruin the dialogue that allows them to keep the issue of their weapons indefinitely unsolved; it is...