Raad Warns Israel of 'Existential Price', Says Delaying Polls a 'Dangerous Game'
The head of Hizbullah's Loyalty to Resistance bloc, MP Mohammed Raad, on Monday warned Israel against carrying out “any new foolishness against Lebanon,” threatening that it would pay an “existential price” in the event of a new war with Hizbullah.
“With full confidence, we can say that the Israelis can start a third war against Lebanon, but that this war would put the fate of the Israeli entity at stake... There can be no surgical strike, seeing as the enemy will not know how the war will end, and that's why it is filling the air with screaming, noise and threats,” Raad said.
He reassured that Israel “does not dare to breach the equation that the Resistance has created” and that “it knows the strategic or rather the existential price it would pay as a result of committing any new foolishness against Lebanon.”
Turning to the ongoing controversy over the upcoming parliamentary elections, Raad stressed that the polls should be held on time.
He warned the Lebanese that “some regional forces do not have an interest and do not want us to organize parliamentary elections in Lebanon, because they expect that they will not be able to influence and control the results.”
“They want to sow discord among the Lebanese and create obstacles in order to thwart the elections. We believe that this attempt poses a great threat to Lebanon, its stability and the stability of its political life,” Raad cautioned, warning political forces that “this would be a dangerous game for everyone.”
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