'Israel' prepares 'mass burials' in case of war with Lebanon: Minister
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The Israeli minister of religious affairs says the Israeli death toll could significantly increase in the event of a full-scale war with Hezbollah.
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Israeli soldiers carry the coffin of a reservist staff sergeant during his funeral at a cemetery in the settlement of Kfar Etzion in the occupied West Bank, on Thursday, June 6, 2024. (AP)
"Israel" is bracing for the possibility of "mass burials" in case of a large-scale war with Lebanon, Israeli Minister of Religious Affairs Michael Malchieli said.
"We are busy with many things related to the war, in preparation, unfortunately, also for whatever – may it not happen – in the north," Malchieli told the Israeli Channel 14 on Wednesday.
When asked if the preparation involved "mass burials", the Israeli minister suggested that the Israeli death toll could significantly increase in the event of a full-scale war with Hezbollah.
Israeli Minister of Religious Affairs, Michael Malchieli, of the ultra-Orthodox Shas party, reveals on Channel 14's HaPatriotim that his ministry is making preparations for mass burial scenarios, ahead of a potential full-scale war in the north. pic.twitter.com/IEFP9fZNV2
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"We in the ministry are holding meetings and preparations for bigger things in the north, yes," he pointed out.
Malchieli's remarks came on the same day Hezbollah Secretary General Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah warned that "the possibility of invading al-Jalil remains on the table" should the confrontation with "Israel" escalate on the borders with northern occupied Palestine.
"The enemy knows it must expect us on land, in the air, and at sea, and if war is imposed, the Resistance will fight without constraints, rules, or limits," he made it clear during the memorial service for senior Hezbollah commander Sami Taleb Abdallah and his companions, who were martyred days earlier in an Israeli strike in southern Lebanon.
A day before, the Military Media of the Islamic Resistance in Lebanon - Hezbollah published footage showing its reconnaissance drones flying over swathes of occupied Palestinian land, including Kiryat Shmona, Nahariya, Safad, Karmiel, Afula, all the way to Haifa and its port.
The Military Media for the Islamic Resistance in #Lebanon published a lengthy video of a reconnaissance drone surveilling vital and sensitive regions in northern occupied #Palestine to Haifa.
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Titled "This is what the Hoopoe came back with," the nine-minute-and-a-half video captured footage and exposed sensitive Israeli sites. Hezbollah indicated that the video was only the first episode of more yet to come, highlighting that the drones bypassed Israeli air defenses and returned to Lebanese airspace undetected.
Shortly after Hezbollah published the video, the Israeli occupation military said that "operational plans for an offensive in Lebanon were approved and validated." Senior Israeli commanders also decided to "accelerate the readiness of the forces on the ground," according to the military statement.
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