Middle East crisis live: Strikes preparing way for possible ground assault in Lebanon, army chief tells Israeli troops
Herzi Halevi says that, in the event of a ground operation, Hezbollah would meet forces ‘much stronger and far more experienced than they are’
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Lebanon’s minister of culture, Judge Mohammad Wissam El-Mortada, has been speaking to Sputnik Radio, and Lebanon’s National News Agency is carrying some quotes from the interview.
In it, he said “Lebanon is engaged in a confrontation in defence of everything that is humane in this world against the enemies of humanity. Israel is exceeding all restrictions.”