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Hezbollah Vows to Counter Israeli Infringement Upon Lebanon
Lebanese resistance guerrilla group Hezbollah on Thursday vowed to counter Israeli infringement upon Lebanon, the official NNA news agency reported.
"We will take necessary measures to prevent the Jewish state from infiltrating into Lebanon," Hezbollah, or Party of God, said in a statement.
"Israel is nothing but a threat to the Arab world in terms of policy, economy, culture and security," it added.
Hezbollah also called on Arab countries to take a firm stand in the face of Israeli challenge.
The statement followed a report by Lebanese Oriental radio that Israeli planes flew over Lebanese air space and broke sound barrier over central Lebanon.
Israeli Defense Minister Binyamin Ben Eliezer earlier claimed that Hezbollah was posing a "direct threat to the free world and Israel's interests."
He said Hezbollah has deployed about 8,000 Katyusha rocket- launchers and long-range missiles aimed at Israeli targets between Haifa and Tel Aviv.
Ben Eliezer even claimed that Hezbollah could build a nuclear bomb within four years.
Hezbollah spearheaded a guerrilla war to force Israel to end its 22-year occupation of southern Lebanon in May 2000.
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