Speaking with the members of the 91st Division, during his tour on the northern front near

 the border with Lebanon, Israeli Defense Minister Yoav Gallant threatened Hezbollah in

 Lebanon to "make a big mistake", stressing that the people of Lebanon will pay the price,

Gallant said, that it is easy to turn Beirut into Gaza again, "the planes are ready to head

 north".

edited by |Jus Mcmahon

Middle East  section -  CJ journalist

Tel Aviv - November,13,2023

In comments carried by Israeli media, Gallant said that if Hezbollah makes a"big mistake", it

 is easy "what we did in Gaza, we do exactly the same in Beirut," adding, "Our pilots are

 sitting inside the aircraft cabins ready to head to the north, we have everything necessary to

 do the same as we are doing in the South. The Air Force is a tremendous force, and we have

 not used ten percent of that force in Gaza,"he said.

Galant stressed that it is the people of Lebanon who will pay the price, "I say from here to

 the citizens of Lebanon, I see the citizens of Gaza walking with white flags and marching

 along the beach south. Hezbollah is dragging Lebanon into a war that may break out, and it

 is making mistakes, and if it makes these mistakes here, those who will pay the price first

 are the citizens of Lebanon, and we know how to repeat what we are doing in Gaza in

 Beirut,"he said.

In recent days, Israel has begun bombing targets further from the border areas from which

 Hezbollah fires rockets at settlements inside Israel.on Saturday, Israel bombed a target in

 the Zahrani area, 40 kilometers from the border.