Hezbollah launches fresh drone attack on northern Israel amid fears of all-out Middle East war

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Hezbollah launches fresh drone ******* on northern ******* amid fears of all-out Middle East war

Hezbollah has hit northern

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with a drone ******* in response to what it calls “attacks and assassinations” carried out by ******* in southern Lebanon, as fears grow of the potential for all-out war in the Middle East.

It comes as

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claimed it is not looking to escalate tensions but needs to punish ******* to

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, following the ************** of a

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leader in

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Foreign ministry spokesperson Nasser Kanaani committed to “punishing the aggressor”, adding that a

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of ******’s political chief,

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, was inevitable.

The head of Iran’s Revolutionary Guard (IRGC), General Hossein Salami, reiterated the threat that *******

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Speaking to journalists, the IRGC commander warned that ******* is “digging its own grave” in the way it has conducted its war against ****** in

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, and that it is suspected of carrying out Haniyeh’s ********.

“When they receive a *****, they will notice they are making mistakes. They are making mistakes all the time,” he said.

“They will see the result of their mistake. They will see when, how and where they will get their response.”

In *******, ***** services were working to put out a blaze sparked by the Hezbollah ******* in Ayelet HaShahar in Upper Galilee, the ******** military said, with two soldiers wounded.

The ******* did not appear to be part of a more intense retaliation expected in response to the ******** of Hezbollah commander Fouad Shukur in Beirut a few hours before the ******* targeting Haniyeh. Rather it appeared to be part of the near daily exchange of ***** over the border across the past 10 months against the backdrop of the war in Gaza.

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A portrait of ***** ****** leader Ismail Haniyeh is displayed during a protest in the city of Sidon, Lebanon (Getty)

Iran’s foreign ministry called in ambassadors and heads of missions residing in Tehran for a meeting with acting foreign minister Ali Bagheri Kani on Monday to reiterate Iran’s will to respond to *******.

An emergency meeting of the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation was due to be held on Wednesday, at Iran’s request, to discuss the ******** of Haniyeh and Iran’s response, Mr Kanaani said.

Haniyeh’s ****** was one in a series of killings of senior ****** figures, as the war in Gaza between ****** and ******* nears its 11th month.

In response to the escalating conflict, the US is deploying additional military resources across the Middle East in an attempt to ease tensions. “The overall goal is to turn the temperature down in the region, deter and defend against those attacks, and avoid regional conflict,” Jonathan Finer, deputy national security adviser at the White House, said on CBS’s Face the Nation programme.

The US and ******* are preparing for every possibility, Mr Finer added. There was a “very close call” in April, Mr Finer said, when Iran launched an ******* on ******** territory with drones and missiles. This followed what Iran described as an ******** strike on its consulate in Damascus on 1 April, which ******* seven officers from the IRGC.

The US wants to be prepared should that situation arise again, Mr Finer added.

Joe Biden will convene his national security team in the situation room on Monday to discuss developments in the region, and will speak to Jordan’s King Abdullah, the White House said.

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