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August 27, 2019The Israeli army has restricted movements on roads adjacent to the border with Lebanon in fear of Hezbollah being retaliated after attacks on Israel in Syria and Lebanon. According to the instructions published by the army, it is forbidden any passage on roads within 5 kilometers (3 miles) from the border, including roads between the Sasa kibbutz, Ramot Naftali and other areas near the border.
Israeli troops at the northern border of the country were put on alert after the latest Hezbollah threats. media sources said that Hezbollah will try to hit Israeli targets in the north of the country.

On Sunday before dawn, a reconnaissance drone hit the southern outskirts of Beirut, a Hezbollah fortress, and a second exploded in the air, according to the Lebanese army. Hezbollah and the military have accused Israel, which has not commented. The United Nations has invited interested parties to "maximum restraint" after the Sunday attack of an armed drone attributed to Israel in the southern suburbs of Beirut. During his daily press briefing, UN spokesman Stephan Dujarric stated that the organization was unable to verify the accuracy of the information reported on this attack.

"I heard the words of Nasrallah: I advise him to calm down. He knows very well that Israel knows how to defend itself and respond adequately to its enemies," said Prime Minister Benyamin Netanyahu, referring to the intervention of the Hezbollah leader after the Israeli raids in Syria and the killing of 2 Scythian militants. "I want to say to him, to Lebanon (which hosts this organization that yearns to destroy us) and also to Kassam Suleimani (head of the Revolutionary Guards of Iran, ed): pay attention to what you say and even more to what you do" , Netanyahu concluded.

Israel is ready to use "all the necessary means" to defend itself against Iranian threats from "different fronts," Netanyahu said. The Israeli prime minister urged the international community to "act immediately" to stop Iran, but both Hezbollah and the Lebanese president, Michel Aoun, called the Israeli attack a "declaration of war".

Meanwhile, Beirut is knocking on Moscow's door. Lebanon "counts on the role of Russia to avoid an escalation" with Israel, said Lebanese Prime Minister Saad Hariri in a telephone conversation with the head of Russian diplomacy Sergei Lavrov according to the official Lebanese news agency Nna. For Lebanon, "the Israeli attack against the southern suburbs of Beirut (Hezbollah stronghold) is a dangerous move, an attack against Lebanese sovereignty and a violation of the UN Resolution 1701" which in the summer of 2006 ended the war between Hezbollah and Israel in southern Lebanon.