Iran says it's ready to "teach a lesson" if U.S. launches new attacks

Hezbollah main Naim Qassem said Tuesday that his Iran-backed group's weapons stockpiles were not portion of upcoming negotiations betwixt Lebanon and Israel, and helium vowed that Hezbollah fighters would crook the battlefield into "hell" for Israeli forces.

"Nobody extracurricular Lebanon has thing to bash with the weapons, the absorption ... this is an interior Lebanese substance and not portion of negotiations with the enemy," Qassem said successful a written connection up of a 3rd circular of talks successful Washington betwixt Lebanese and Israeli representatives this Thursday and Friday.

Hezbollah has condemned nonstop talks betwixt Lebanon and Israel arsenic "appeasement."

"We look an Israeli-American aggression seeking to subjugate our state Lebanon and marque it portion of Greater Israel," Qassem said. 

"We volition not surrender and we volition proceed to support Lebanon and its people, nevertheless agelong it takes and nevertheless large the sacrifices... we volition not wantonness the battlefield and we volition crook it into hellhole for Israel," helium added successful the statement, which was addressed to the group's fighters and broadcast connected its Al-Manar tv channel, arsenic warring continues successful Lebanon contempt a ceasefire.

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Israel sent Iron Dome anti-missile batteries and unit to run them to the United Arab Emirates to support the state during the Iran war, the U.S. ambassador to the state said Tuesday.

Mike Huckabee made the remark connected signifier astatine an lawsuit successful Tel Aviv, Israel.

"I'd similar to accidental a connection of appreciation for United Arab Emirates, the archetypal Abraham accord member," Huckabee said astatine the Tel Aviv Conference. "Just look astatine the benefits. Israel conscionable sent them Iron Dome batteries and unit to assistance run them."

The United Arab Emirates, a federation of 7 sheikhdoms connected the Arabian Peninsula, diplomatically recognized Israel successful 2020.

The UAE didn't instantly respond to a petition for remark implicit the acknowledgment by Huckabee, though it underlined the increasing defence narration betwixt the countries agelong suspicious of Iran. 

Israeli strikes connected a municipality successful confederate Lebanon killed six radical and wounded 7 others, authorities media said Tuesday, arsenic warring continued contempt a ceasefire agreement.

Lebanon's state-run National News Agency (NNA) reported that Israeli strikes Monday nighttime deed a location successful Kfar Dounine, a municipality astir 59 miles from Beirut.

The NNA reported the wounded were transported to hospitals successful the coastal metropolis of Tyre.

Israel has intensified its attacks successful southbound Lebanon arsenic it trades occurrence with Iran-backed Hezbollah contempt an April 17 ceasefire betwixt Israel and the Lebanon authorities that aimed to halt the fighting.

More than 2,800 radical person been killed successful Lebanon since the state was dragged into the Middle East warfare connected March 2, according to wellness authorities.

Lebanese leaders precocious urged the U.S. ambassador to Beirut to unit Israel to halt its attacks during the truce, though Israel has besides reported coming nether fire.

Israel's subject said implicit the play that 1 of its soldiers was killed successful warring adjacent the borderline with Lebanon, bringing its losses to 18 troops and a civilian contractor since the warfare began.

The NNA connected Tuesday reported strikes adjacent different confederate Lebanese towns, and the Israeli subject ordered an evacuation of aggregate Lebanese towns. 

Hezbollah main Naim Qassem said Tuesday that his Iran-backed group's weapons were not portion of upcoming negotiations betwixt Lebanon and Israel, and vowed his fighters would crook the battlefield into "hell" for Israeli forces.

The talker of Iran's parliament said his country's subject stood acceptable to "teach a lesson" to immoderate aggressor connected Monday, aft President Trump warned the ceasefire successful the Middle East was hanging by a thread.

"Our equipped forces are acceptable to respond and to thatch a acquisition for immoderate aggression," Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf said connected societal media. "A atrocious strategy and atrocious decisions ever pb to atrocious results — the satellite already understands this."

As Pakistan positioned itself arsenic a diplomatic conduit betwixt Tehran and Washington, it softly allowed Iranian subject craft to parkland connected its airfields, perchance shielding them from American airstrikes, according to U.S. officials with cognition of the matter.

Iran besides sent civilian craft to parkland successful neighboring Afghanistan. It was not wide if subject craft were among those flights, 2 of the officials told CBS News.

Together, the movements reflected an evident effort to insulate immoderate of Iran's remaining subject and aviation assets from the expanding conflict, adjacent arsenic officials publically served arsenic brokers for de-escalation.

Pakistan's Foreign Ministry told CBS News the reporting was "misleading and sensationalized."

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Speaking to reporters successful the Oval Office, President Trump said Monday that the Iran ceasefire is "on beingness support" aft the "garbage" effect Iran sent the U.S. 

"It's unbelievably weak, I would say," the president responded erstwhile asked if the ceasefire remains successful place. 

"I would telephone it the weakest, close now, aft speechmaking that portion of garbage they sent us. I didn't adjacent decorativeness speechmaking it. I said, they're going to discarded my clip speechmaking it. I would accidental it's 1 of the weakest, close now, it's connected beingness support."