This archive report was first published on 25 August 2019.
On August 25, 2019, a drone attack on Beirut's southern suburb sparked a heated response from Hezbollah chief Hassan Nasrallah.
According to Nasrallah, the attack was a 'suicide drone attack' and the first such 'hostile action' since the 2006 war between Hezbollah and Israel.
Hezbollah's leader emphasized that the attack violated the UN Security Council resolution that ended the conflict, and vowed to do everything to prevent such attacks in the future.
Addressing Israelis, Nasrallah warned: 'Do not live, do not rest, do not be reassured and do not bet for a single moment that Hezbollah will allow... aggression of this kind.'
Hezbollah's statement came after the army said two Israeli drones had violated the airspace over Beirut, with one of the drones damaging a media centre belonging to the group in a residential building.
Israel has not commented on the incident, which came hours after Israeli strikes overnight in Syria, which Israel said had targeted an Iranian force and 'other Shiite militias' to prevent a planned drone attack on the Jewish state.
