JERUSALEM, JUN 2: Israel’s defense minister said Tuesday Washington had given its backing to potential Israeli strikes on Beirut’s southern Dahiyeh suburb, a Hezbollah bastion, if the Iran-backed group attacked northern Israeli communities.
“The Prime Minister and I led a coordinated move together with the IDF to establish a new equation… If Israeli towns continue to be attacked, we will evacuate and strike the Shia Dahiyeh quarter in Beirut, Hezbollah’s stronghold,” Israel Katz said at a conference, a defense ministry statement said.
“The United States endorsed this principle and conveyed it to the Lebanese government and all relevant actors… either the fire on Israeli communities stops, or – if fire continues – we will strike in Dahiyeh. This equation will be upheld.”
