Hizbullah warned Israel on Saturday not to use an incident in which rockets were fired from southern Lebanon into the Jewish state as a pretext for sparking a conflict with Lebanon. The Shiite movement said it was ready to react forcefully in the event of an Israeli attack.
At least three Katyusha rockets were fired into northern Israel from southern Lebanon on Thursday. Hizbullah has denied responsibility for the attack.
"We are prepared to face any foolishness. We have wisdom, composure and strength which allows us to deal with calmness of nerves. We will not be dragged into what we don't want or what we don't decide ourselves," said Mohammed Raad, the head of Hizbullah's parliamentary bloc.
"We will not allow ourselves to be targeted under any circumstances, either under the pretence of unknown rockets or under the pretence of the elation of victory here or there."
"We are on the lookout for the Israelis. And we will prove that this preparedness is bigger and greater than the enemy can imagine," Raad told a mass Shi'ite gathering in the southern town of Nabatiyeh.
