Hezbollah secretary general speaks for the first time after the shooting incident at an IDF force near Menara • "Some countries pay tens of millions to spread lies about Hezbollah"

• Hezbollah's secretary general commented on a possible response on the northern border

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Hezbollah's secretary general, Hassan Nasrallah, threatened Israel today (Saturday): "The decision to respond is still valid. The response will be serious and calculated."

"Some countries are misusing cyber armies, trying to force public opinion on another country. They are paying tens of millions of dollars to the media to spread lies about Hezbollah." In doing so, it actually claimed foreign intervention in the coverage against the organization.

"From 1982 until today, the resistance has been threatened because of its devotion, and the intimidation of Israelis has become terrorism of the American military," he said.

The IDF announced this week a security incident in the Menara area on the Lebanese border. In response to the shooting, the IAF attacked terrorist targets. The Al-Manar network close to Hezbollah reported a fire that broke out in the border area following IDF light bombings. Lebanese media later reported that calm at the border had returned. A few weeks ago, Hezbollah's secretary general promised to respond to the killing of a terrorist organization operative in Syria. Two terrorist attacks were subsequently thwarted in the north, the first in the Har Dov area and the second on the border with Syria.

The UN Security Council announced last night (Friday) that it would extend UNIFIL's peacekeeping mandate in southern Lebanon for another year, but reduce the order of forces. This is against the background of criticism from Israel and the United States of the effectiveness of the forces. This was reported by the Reuters news agency.