Report: Iran Gives Hezbollah Green Light To Attack Israel, US Fears Lebanon War Soon, Houthis Vow New Military “Surprises”

Wars and rumors of wars continue …

The Jerusalem Post – “Iran has given Lebanese terror organization Hezbollah the green light to escalate its attacks along Israel’s northern border, the Arabic Post reported on Wednesday, citing high-level Iranian and Lebanese sources.

The Islamic Republic has reportedly set conditions for Hezbollah, ordering it to launch a large-scale attack on Israel only after it ‘had become certain of Israel’s intention’ to carry out an invasion of the southern Gaza city of Rafah.

As per the report, Tehran gave the go-ahead amid fears that, after the IDF completes an invasion of Rafah, southern Lebanon ‘will be next.’” Read more.

Houthis Say They Will Introduce Military ‘Surprises’ In Red Sea – “Yemen’s Houthis will introduce “military surprises” in their Red Sea operations, the Iran-aligned group’s leader Abdul Malik al-Houthi said in a televised speech on Thursday. Houthi militants have repeatedly fired on international commercial ships since mid-November in solidarity with Palestinians over the Israel-Hamas war in Gaza.” Read more.

Report: US Fears Israel Will Launch Spring Offensive Against Hezbollah In Lebanon – “Officials close to US President Joe Biden are concerned that Israel is planning to launch a ground operation against Hezbollah in Lebanon in the coming months … the Biden administration has held intelligence briefings on the matter, preparing for the possibility that the Iran-backed Hezbollah terror group cannot be made to retreat from the border through diplomatic measures… one senior official said that the Biden administration was ‘operating in the assumption’ that a ground operation would … ‘grow to an expansive air campaign reaching much further north into populated areas of Lebanon and eventually grow to a ground component as well.’” Read more.