Hezbollah ready for open war

Israel & Palestine Forum

BEIRUT, Lebanon (CNN) -- Hezbollah leader Sheik Hassan Nasrallah said his group is ready for "open war" with Israel on Friday, as attacks continued from both sides in the deepening crisis.

"We are ready for it -- war, war on every level," said Nasrallah, soon after Israel's military reportedly hit his home and destroyed Hezbollah's headquarters in southern Beirut.

Earlier Israeli rescue services said a large barrage of rockets smashed into northern Israel, on the third day of violence since Hezbollah militants killed three Israeli soldiers and captured two others in northern Israel.

The continued rocket attacks -- including one that authorities said killed a woman and her grandchild Friday -- prompted Israel's Cabinet to approve extended military operations in Lebanon, a spokesman for Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert said.

Dozens of people in Lebanon have been killed since the violence began and more than 100 have been hurt in Israel and in Lebanon.

On Thursday, two missiles fired from Lebanon hit the center of Haifa, Israel's third-largest city -- extending beyond the range of any missiles fired at Israel from Lebanon in the past.

Israeli ambassador to the U.N. Dan Gillerman said many missiles that have been fired from Lebanon toward the northern Israel were made in Iran.

"Many of the long-range missiles fired into Israel in the recent days were Iranian missiles made by the same regime that is now trying to possess nuclear weapons," Gillerman said at the U.N. on Friday.

When asked by CNN what role Syria or Iran may have played in the current crisis, Lebanese Prime Minister Fouad Siniora said it would be "strange" for Hezbollah to have "done this alone."

However, Hezbollah guerrillas denied firing the two rockets, which had a range longer than previous missiles fired at Israel from Lebanon.

Israelis have been told to stay away from vulnerable areas but the government did not order them into bomb shelters.

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Once Syria and Iran jump in it will be WWIII.

Syria and Iran probably pressed Hezbollah to get in the mix in the first place. Notice the timely attack.

Japan threatning N. Korea, U.S. & Britian in Iraq, Iran enriching uranium, now this?

-HECK!

Well my elderly mom repeated the "f" word that her psycho Arab neighbor said to another neighbor. My mom using the "f" word is the first sign of the apocalypse.

I wonder what weapons Hezbollah might have. At some point, I exect either them or Iran to deal a significant blow that will shock Israel. I wonder if Iran and Israel can end up mostly destroyed without the conflict going nuclear. I think it is possible, as unlikely as it seems.

I believe Israel has been preparing for war with the now defunct Iraq and Iran, which would have been their most dangerous threats. I don’t think Iran however has the weaponry to match Israel’s arsenal.

Israel’s incursion into Lebanon could be a part of an agenda. They did say they expected an all out war this year. Now some would say this is wrong but I think it’s wise to plan. We know that Arabs are planning for the demise of Israel.

The Iranian President reminds me of Saddam a little in that he too thinks he could lead the region and somehow be the savior of all Muslims in the Middle East. We all know what it cost Saddam.