‘Earthquake’ awaits Israel if it doesn’t stop Gaza attack, Iran warns

Iran yesterday warned Israel to stop its planned all out attack on Gaza otherwise the war might engulf other parts of the Middle East, especially if Hezbollah joins the battle.

Iran’s Hossein Amirabdollahian said the result for Israel would be ‘a huge earthquake.’

An unperturbed Israel said it was pressing ahead with its planned ‘joint and coordinated attack from the air, sea and land’ in the Gaza Strip.

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, on a field trip to see his soldiers massed near Gaza yesterday, said “the next stage is coming.”

Amirabdollahian told reporters in Beirut that Lebanon’s Hezbollah group had taken all the scenarios of a war into consideration and Israel should stop its attacks on Gaza as soon as possible.

Hezbollah fighters have been on full alert along Lebanon’s borders with Israel following the October 7 attack by Hamas.

Hezbollah said yesterday that its fighters carried out an attack on Zionist positions in the occupied Lebanese territories of Shebaa Farms.

It said: “In the name of God, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful. [Permission to fight] has been given to those who are being fought because they were wronged, and indeed, Allah is competent to give them victory.

”At three-fifteen in the afternoon on Saturday, October 14, 2023, groups from the Islamic Resistance carried out an attack on Zionist positions in the occupied Lebanese territories of Shebaa Farms, including the Radar, Ruwaysat Al-Ilm, Samaka, Zabdeen, and Ramtha, using guided missiles and mortar shells.

“The attack resulted in precise and direct hits. Victory is from none but Allah, the Almighty, the Wise.”

Amirabdollahian during his Beirut visit yesterday discussed the situation in Gaza with the top Hamas official in exile, Saleh Arouri, and the leader of the Palestinian Islamic Jihad group, Ziad Nakhaleh.

Amirabdollahian said he met Friday with Hezbollah leader Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah, who briefed him on the group’s conditions in Lebanon.

“I know about the scenarios that Hezbollah has put in place,” Amirabdollahian said. “Any step the resistance (Hezbollah) will take will cause a huge earthquake in the Zionist entity.”