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Hezbollah threatens war against Cyprus if it helps Israel
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The leader of the Lebanese militant group Hezbollah has threatened war against Cyprus if it allows Israel to launch military operations from its territory.
Hassan Nasrallah warned Cyprus in a televised address on Wednesday that allowing Israeli forces to use its military infrastructure to target Hezbollah would be considered an act of war.
Iran-backed Hezbollah militants have fired barrages of rockets and drones into Israel in the months since Hamas’ Oct. 7 attack on the country.
Nicosia and Tel Aviv have stepped up defense cooperation in recent years, conducting joint military exercises and signing a raft of arms procurement agreements.
“Cyprus remains uninvolved in any military conflicts and positions itself as part of the solution rather than the problem,” the Cypriot president Nikos Christodoulides said Wednesday in response to the threats.
“A national decision should be made to open the sea to anyone who wants to leave for Europe, for Cyprus, the European Union country closest to the Middle East,” he said.
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