Israel should take seriously the "brave and wise" remarks of Hizbullah leader, Sheikh Hassan Nasrallah, a senior advisor to the Iranian supreme leader said on Monday. According to IRNA, Rahim Safavi made the remark at the ceremony marking the release of the commemorating stamp of martyr Imad Mughnieh, adding that the Israelis should believe in what the late Imam Khomeini and Supreme Leader Ayatollah Seyed Ali Khamenei said to the effect that the time of the Zionists is over.
Safavi, who is the Supreme Leader's top advisor on armed forces affairs, voiced hope that Islamic governments and nations will help the oppressed Palestinians in confronting the brutal Zionist regime. "I wish leaders of certain Arab states would decide to shut down Israeli embassies and sever diplomatic ties with the fake regime," he said, adding, "I wish other Islamic and Arab nations would hold a protest rally just like Iranians to show their anger at the US and the Zionist regime."
On Sunday, Israeli intelligence agencies cautioned that a wide-scale offensive by the Jewish state on the Gaza Strip would likely lead to an outbreak of violence with Hizbullah, as was the case in 2006. "If Israel launches a broad operation in Gaza, that could lead to violence on other fronts, most notably from Hizbullah," a senior official quoted intelligence chiefs as telling the weekly Israeli cabinet meeting on Sunday.
The Israeli official said that Iran and its nuclear program remain the main threat seen by Israel, while rocket fire from Hamas-run Gaza is the most active front it is facing.
