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Israel warns any aggression would be met with "powerful reaction"

Xinhua, July 19, 2016 Adjust font size:

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu warned on Tuesday that any aggression against Israel would be met with a "powerful reaction."

He was speaking during the country's official ceremony held in Jerusalem to mark the tenth anniversary of a major military conflict between Israel and the Lebanese Shiite organization Hezbollah.

Israel is prepared for "any scenario," Netanyahu said. "If our peace is kept, those who stand against us will also enjoy peace."

If Israel is attacked, it will forcefully fight back, he warned.

"Anyone who thinks they will find a spider web, will receive an iron wall, an iron fist," he said.

The 2006 war is known in Israel as the "Second Lebanon War" and in Lebanon as the "July War." The 34 days of fighting in southern Lebanon and northern Israel claimed the lives of at least 1,700 Lebanese, mostly civilians, and 164 Israelis, mostly soldiers.

A tensed truce has been largely kept since then, with occasional Israeli bombings of Hezbollah weapons convoys and a few deadly exchanges of fire, including one in 2015 that killed two Israeli soldiers. Endit