Iran's Acting Foreign Minister Ali Bagheri Kani has warned the Israeli occupation against waging a war on Lebanon, saying it was tantamount to "hell with no return". 

The top diplomat's remarks came during a joint presser with Iraqi National Security Advisor Qasim al-Araji in Baghdad on Thursday, amid concerns of a full-scale war between "Israel" and Lebanon as tensions continue to escalate. 

“Lebanon will be hell with no return for the Zionists, and if they are wise, they will not try Lebanon again,” Bagheri Kani said.

He recalled the "unbelievable defeats" the Israeli occupation suffered in 2000 and 2006 against Hezbollah, further explaining that the balance of power has shifted since October 7, when Hamas launched a surprise operation against "Israel" in response to its increasing atrocities against Palestinians.

“The Zionists want to return conditions to those before October 7 by killing the people of Gaza, but to no avail,” he said.

Lebanon joined the war on Gaza as a support front right after Operation Al-Aqsa Flood, with Hezbollah only escalating its operations as a response to "Israel's" massacres and aggression against the people of Palestine and Lebanon, more so since Tuesday following the Israeli assassination of a top Hezbollah leader in Lebanon. 

North Israeli settlers to 'weep', 'wail' over Hezbollah coming strikes

Thousands of people gathered in the southern suburb of Beirut on Wednesday to commemorate Hezbollah leader Taleb Sami Abdallah (Abu Taleb), who was martyred on the path to al-Quds in a targeted Israeli airstrike carried out by the Israeli occupation late Tuesday on Jwaya in southern Lebanon.

In a speech during the procession, the Executive Council chief of Hezbollah, Sayyed Hashem Safieddine, emphasized that the occupation entity has not learned from past experiences of the battle against Hezbollah.

"Israel persists in its folly ... believing that assassinating [Resistance] leaders would weaken [it]," he declared, pointing out that experience has shown that the Resistance only grows stronger and becomes more steadfast following the martyrdom of its leaders.

Sayyed Safieddine stressed that "Israel must understand" that Hezbollah's inevitable response will be to increase operations in support of Gaza, "both in type and quantity."

In an explicit threat against the occupation, he said, "If [Israelis] are now whimpering and groaning from what has befallen them in northern occupied Palestine, then they should prepare themselves for weeping and wailing," referring to the impact of Hezbollah's operations.

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