Hezbollah Could Escalate Attacks On Israel, Nasrallah Says

The leader of Iranian terror proxy Hezbollah Hassan Nasrallah said on Saturday that while his group had chosen to strike open terrain in Israel, it could escalate with a different strategy in future.

Hezbollah fired a volley of rockets towards Israel on Friday, drawing retaliatory fire from Israel Defense Forces (IDF) into south Lebanon in a third day of cross-border back and forth amid wider tensions with Iran. 

Hezbollah wanted to show that Israeli air strikes would be responded to and in an appropriate manner, Nasrallah said, adding that the response could be in any open land in "Northern occupied Palestine," Galilee, or the Golan Heights.

“This is a message that is clear as day: you bombed open areas, so we bombed open areas,” Nasrallah said. “This maintains the existing rules of engagement.”

Nasrallah added, however, that should Israel continue to conduct airstrikes in Lebanon, Hezbollah may broaden its range of fire.

“Our response could be in the Galilee, or parts of the Lebanese Golan that Israel has occupied. But this will all be considered in due time,” Nasrallah said.