'Will turn Beirut into Gaza': Netanyahu warns Hezbollah

In a stern warning to Hezbollah, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu cautioned the Iranian-backed group against instigating an all-out war, saying that in such a case, Beirut - Lebanon's capital - would be turned into Gaza and Khan Yunis.

In a stern warning to Hezbollah, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu cautioned the Iranian-backed group against instigating an all-out war, saying that in such a case, Beirut - Lebanon's capital - would be turned into Gaza and Khan Yunis.

"If Hezbollah decides to open an all-out war, then with its own hands it will turn Beirut and southern Lebanon, which are not far from here, into Gaza and Khan Yunis," Netanyahu said during his visit to the Israel Defense Forces' (IDF) Northern Command Headquarters with Israeli Defense Minister Yoav Gallant and IDF Chief-of-Staff Lieutenant General Herzi Halevi. "We are determined to bring victory, and we will do it with your help," the Israeli Prime Minister further said.