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In an ominous speech, the leader of Hezbollah has said “all options are open” including declaring war, while also issuing a sinister warning to the US.The Hezbollah leader made a closely watched speech early on Saturday morning which many were concerned could signal an escalation in the conflict with a war on two fronts.
US Secretary of State Antony Blinken met Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and urged measures to protect civilians, as global aid organisations continue calls for an immediate ceasefire.The Israel Defence Forces have said it has “completed the encirclement” of Gaza City, “the centre of the Hamas terror organisation”.
“Some would like Hezbollah to engage in an all-out war, but I can tell you: What is happening now along the Israeli-Lebanese border is significant, and it is not the end. People gathered in a cafe watch the televised speech of Lebanon's Hezbollah chief Hasan Nasrallah, in the Tariq Al-Jadida neighbourhood of Beirut on November 3, 2023. In a surprise revelation, Nasrallah distanced Hezbollah from the October 7 attacks.
“If an all-out war breaks out, you Americans will pay with your ships, your aircraft and your soldiers,” he threatened.A picture taken from the border village of Tayr Harfa in southern Lebanon shows smoke rising from a hill near the village of Al-Bustan following an Israeli strike on November 3. During his speech Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah made the preposterous claim that most of the 1400 victims on October 7 were killed by Israeli soldiers.
US Secretary of State Antony Blinken speaks during a press conference in Tel Aviv on November 3, 2023, during his visit to Israel amid the ongoing conflict between Israel and the Palestinian Islamist group Hamas. US Secretary of State Antony Blinken arrived in Israel on Friday in a trip focused on measures to minimise harm to civilians in the war in Gaza.
“A humanitarian pause … is temporary, localised and focused, focused on a particular objective or objectives, humanitarian aid in, people out,” Kirby told reportersThe UN on Friday launched an emergency aid appeal seeking $1.2 billion to help some 2.7 million people in Gaza and the West Bank.
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