A senior official with Lebanon's Shiite armed group Hezbollah warned Tuesday that an Israeli military maneuver on May 31 might target Lebanon, local Elnashra website reported.
"Lebanon must go on high alert during the largest-ever Israeli military maneuver on May 31," head of Hezbollah's parliamentary bloc MP Mohammad Raad told Lebanese leaders during Tuesday's national dialogue session.
"Lebanon is one of Israel's targets during the exercise," Raad said, noting that Lebanon must be fully prepared for such an emergency. "We should move," Raad said.
During the meeting, he gave extensive written details on the targets and scenarios of the Israeli "Turning Point 3" operation.
The Jerusalem Post said earlier this month that Israel and the United States will carry out massive defense drills later this year, without giving a date. The drills would be testing three anti-ballistic missile systems, it added.
Hezbollah and Israel fought a 34-day devastating war in 2006. Israel destroyed a large amount of Hezbollah's defense, but the party is reported to have regained much of its power.
Source:Xinhua
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