SEEKING TO GET INVOLVED IN THE
WAR BUT IF ISRAEL STRIKES, I
WILL STRIKE BACK
HERE’S MATT BRADLEY.
>> Reporter: TONIGHT AS TH
WORLD WAITS FOR ISRAEL’S
RESPONSE TO IRAN’S MASSIVE
AERIAL ASSAULT, THE ENTIRE
MIDDLE EAST TEETERS ON THE BRINK
OF A WORLD WAR
HEZBOLLAH VOWING TO MATCH AN
RETALIATION BY ISRAEL.
>> THE RESPONSE THAT WE AR
WAITING FOR COULD COME AGAINST
IRANIAN BACKED GROUPS LIKE
HEZBOLLAH.
ARE YOU PREPARED TO RESPOND?
ARE YOU PREPARED FOOESCALATE
>> IF ISRAEL ATTACKS US AN
AGGRESSES US, WE WILL DEFINITELY
RESPOND.
IF THEY ESCALATE, WE WIL
ESCALATE
>> Reporter: IN A RARE AND
EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW, HEZBOLLAH’S
SECOND IN COMMAND SAID THE GROUP
IS DETERMINED NOT TO RAMP UP
FIGHTING UNLESS ISRAEL DOE
FIRST, FAULTING ISRAEL AND THE
U.S. FOR ESCALATING THE WAR.
ISRAEL’S TWO FRONT WAR AGAINST
HAMAS AND HEZBOLLAH, BOTH BACKED
BY IRAN IS NOW IN ITS SEVENT
MONTH.
IT BEGAN WITH HAMAS’S ATTACK O
ISRAEL ON OCTOBER 7th.
HEZBOLLAH STEPPED IN ANOTHER DAY
AND ATTACKED A BORDER DISPUTE IN
WHAT IT CALLED SOLIDARITY WITH
HAMAS.
>> WE DIDN’T THINK THE WAR WOULD
LAST THAT LONG BECAUSE WE DIDN’T
THINK THAT NETANYAHU WAS THA
FOOLISH.
>> Reporter: HEZBOLLAH CLAIMED
RESPONSIBILITY FOR AN ATTACK
THAT KILLED 19 SOLDIERS IN
NORTHERN ISRAEL, A RESPONSE TO
ISRAELI STRIKES THAT KILLED TW
OF THE GROUP’S TOP COMMANDERS.
HUNDREDS HAVE BEEN KILLED ON
BOTH SIDES OF THE LEBANESE
BORDER SINCE THE START OF TH
ISRAEL HAMAS WAR
CASA DEFENDED THE DECISION T
ATTACK ON SATURDAY NIGHT WHICH
IRAN SAYS WAS IN RETALIATION FOR
AN ISRAELI STRIKE AT THE
CONSULATE IN SYRIA
>> TEHRAN SPEAKS PUBLICLY AN
CLEARLY.
THEY DONOT WANT WAR AND THEY
HAVE RESPONDED TO THE ATTACK O
THEIR EMBASSY AND THAT’S IT FO
THEM
I THINK IRAN IS HONEST
THAS IS WHAT THEY TOLD US.
THIS IS WHAT THEY KEEP
REITERATING TO THE MEDIA
>> Reporter: LIKE THEIR PATRON
STATE IRAN, HEZBOLLAH IS
DETERMINED TO AVOID A BROADE
WAR AND WILL ONLY RATCHET UP
ATTACKS ON ISRAEL IF THE JEWIS
STATE ESCALATES FIRST.
BUT AMERICAN OFFICIALS BELIEVE
THAT ISRAEL MAY RESPOND TO
IRANIAN ATTACKS BY STRIKIN
GROUPS LIKE HEZBOLLAH.
>> WHAT YOU EXPECTING THE ATTACK
TO BE?
>> ISRAELIS ARE CONFUSED
THEY DONOT KNOW WHETHER TO
RESPOND OR NOT
YOU WANT ME TO QUO WHAT ISRAEL
WILL DO?
>> THEY DONOT HAVE A PLAN RIGH
NOW?
>> THEY DO NOT HAVE A PLAN NOR
THE COURAGE NOR DO THEY KNOW
WHAT THEY WILL DO.
THEY WILL PAY A HIGH PRICE
>> DO YOU THINK THEY ARE SCARED?
>> THEY ARE 100% SCARED.
THEY DID NOT EXPECT IRAN T
RESPOND BUT THEY DID
>> Reporter: THERE ARE GOO
REASONS FOR FEAR
A SINGLE SPARK FROM THE CONFLICT
COULD IGNITE THE ENTIRE MIDDLE
EAST
IT WOULD BE HARD FOR THE UNITE
STATES TO AVOID.
>> ALL RIGHT
MATT BRADLEY IS JOINING US FRESH
OFF THE INTERVIEW FROM BEIRU
TONIGHT.
HOW CONCERNED ARE YOU THAT
HEZBOLLAH COULD BE THE TARGET OF
ISRAEL’S RETALIATION AGAINST
IRAN
>> Reporter: COSM TOLD ME THAT
HE DOESN’T THINK THE ISRAE
KNOWS WHERE THEY WILL ATTACK
HEZBOLLAH OR ANYONE.
HE SAID THE ISRAELIS ARE
CONFUSED AND SCARED.
I KNOW IF CONCERNED IS THE RIGHT
WORD
WHEN IT COMES TO THE PASSIVE
JIHAD AND FIGHTING AGAINST