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Israeli Defence Minister Israel Katz connected Thursday (April 2, 2026) warned that Hezbollah main Naim Qassem would wage an "extraordinarily dense price" for escalating attacks during the ongoing Jewish holidays.
"I person a wide connection for Naim Qassem... you and your associates volition wage an extraordinarily dense terms for the intensified rocket occurrence directed astatine Israeli citizens arsenic they gathered to observe Passover Seder," Mr. Katz said successful a video statement.
Iran-Israel warfare updates connected April 2, 2026
"You volition beryllium consigned to the depths of hellhole alongside Nasrallah, Khamenei, Sinwar and the different fallen figures of the axis of evil," helium said, referring to the erstwhile leaders of Hezbollah, Iran, and the Palestinian Islamist question Hamas, who person been assassinated by Israel implicit the past 2 and fractional years.
"The Hezbollah violent organisation you present lead, and its supporters successful Lebanon, volition carnivore the afloat and terrible consequences," Mr. Katz added.
His informing followed claims by Hezbollah that it had carried retired a bid of rocket attacks connected bluish Israel precocious Wednesday (April 1, 2026) and aboriginal Thursday (April 2, 2026), arsenic Israeli Jews began marking the Passover holidays.
Mr. Katz besides reiterated that Israeli forces "will wide Hezbollah and its supporters from confederate Lebanon, support Israeli information power passim the Litani area, and dismantle Hezbollah's subject capabilities crossed Lebanon."
Lebanon was drawn into the West Asia warfare successful aboriginal March erstwhile Tehran-backed Hezbollah launched rockets towards Israel to avenge the onslaught that killed Iran's ultimate person Ayatollah Ali Khamenei.
Israel has responded with monolithic strikes crossed Lebanon and a crushed offensive.
