{"id":2575523,"date":"2026-03-03T09:24:02","date_gmt":"2026-03-03T14:24:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/hezbollah-calls-for-return-to-open-war-with-israel\/"},"modified":"2026-03-03T09:26:59","modified_gmt":"2026-03-03T14:26:59","slug":"hezbollah-calls-for-return-to-open-war-with-israel","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/hezbollah-calls-for-return-to-open-war-with-israel\/","title":{"rendered":"Hezbollah calls for return to &#8216;open war&#8217; with Israel"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">18<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fhezbollah-calls-for-return-to-open-war-with-israel%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2575523&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>Hezbollah\u2019s leadership has called for an \u201copen war\u201d with Israel as fighting intensifies along the Lebanon-Israel border, with the Iran-backed group rapidly escalating its stance amid Israeli bombardments and ground operations in southern Lebanon. senior Hezbollah figures, including Mahmoud Qamati, framed the move as a response to what they describe as continued Israeli aggression as a ceasefire and urged that the war be openly declared.<\/p>\n<p>In parallel,israel has stepped up airstrikes and is <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\" >conducting ground incursions<\/a> into Lebanon,aiming to push back Hezbollah and to create a buffer zone. the United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL) reported cross-border movements by israeli troops and hundreds of incidents along the Blue Line,<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/one-in-six-chance-of-worldwide-nuclear-war-physicists-post-goes-viral\/\" title=\"One in Six Chance of Worldwide Nuclear ...: Physicist\u2019s Post Goes Viral\">urging de-escalation<\/a> and adherence to the 2006 ceasefire. The clash has already produced significant casualties,with dozens killed and hundreds wounded in Beirut and southern Lebanon,including some senior Hezbollah leaders. Lebanon\u2019s prime minister Nawaf Salam has formally banned Hezbollah from retaliatory military actions, a move that Hezbollah and its Lebanese allies criticized as ineffective against ongoing Israeli strikes. the Fighting is framed within a broader Iran-Israel confrontation, with Hezbollah\u2019s actions prompting sharp international calls for restraint and renewed efforts to de-escalate the crisis.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-header-search-button-mob dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search\" aria-labelledby=\"td-header-search-button\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search-inner\">\n<form method=\"get\" class=\"tdb-search-form\" action=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\"><\/form>\n<div class=\"tdb-aj-search\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/#\" role=\"button\" aria-label=\"Search\" class=\"tdb-head-search-btn dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<h1 class=\"tdb-title-text\">Hezbollah calls for return to &lsquo;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/pakistan-is-in-open-war-with-afghanistan-after-latest-strikes-defense-minister-says\/\" title=\"Pakistan is in &#039;open ...&#039; with Afghanistan after latest strikes, defense minister says\">open war&#038;rsquo<\/a>; with Israel as bombs rain down<\/h1>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-title-line\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div id=\"Brid_2520874\" class=\"tpd-featured-video bridtv\"><\/div>\n<p><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/hezbollah\/\" type=\"post_tag\" id=\"814\">Hezbollah<\/a> called for an &ldquo;open war&rdquo; with <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/israel\/\" type=\"post_tag\" id=\"219\">Israel<\/a> on Tuesday as the Iran-backed terrorist group came under fire from the Jewish state in <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/lebanon\/\" type=\"post_tag\" id=\"1192\">Lebanon<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;The Zionist enemy wanted an open war, which it has not stopped since the ceasefire agreement,&rdquo; senior Hezbollah political leader and Lebanese parliament member Mahmoud Qamati said. &ldquo;So let it be an open war.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<div class=\"recommended-stories\">\n<h2>Recommended Stories<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/4477907\/un-nuclear-watchdog-says-iran-nuclear-site-damaged-in-strikes\/\">UN nuclear watchdog says Iran nuclear site damaged in strikes<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/world\/4477846\/us-decimates-iranian-base-in-strait-of-hormuz-as-irgc-says-shipping-lane-closed\/\">US decimates Iranian base in Strait of Hormuz as IRGC says shipping lane closed<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/world\/4476891\/iran-leading-government-military-us-war\/\">Who is running Iran now?<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<p>Israel and Hezbollah struck a ceasefire in November 2024 amid the broader war with <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/hamas\/\" type=\"post_tag\" id=\"218\">Hamas<\/a>. Before its ceasefire agreement with Hezbollah, Israel heavily targeted the Iranian proxy in Lebanon.<\/p>\n<p>Now, Israel is conducting ground operations in southern Lebanon against Hezbollah. Simultaneously, Israeli airstrikes on the neighboring country are intensifying.<\/p>\n<p><strong><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/policy\/defense\/4476538\/israel-us-iran-conflict-launched-trump-khamenei\/\">HOW THE IRAN CONFLICT WAS LAUNCHED: &lsquo;OPERATION EPIC FURY IS APPROVED. NO ABORTS. GOOD LUCK&rsquo;<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Israeli Defense Minister Israel Katz directed the military to cross the border on foot and to seize further territory in Lebanon. The Israel Defense Forces is carving out a buffer zone within the country as part of an &ldquo;enhanced forward defense posture,&rdquo; an army spokesman said.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Yesterday, Hezbollah chose to join the Iranian regime in their terrorist fight against Israel. <\/p>\n<p>Today, they have begun to see the consequences. <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/shNsoo85Ec\">pic.twitter.com\/shNsoo85Ec<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Israel Defense Forces (@IDF) <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/IDF\/status\/2028765130411122715?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">March 3, 2026<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script data-cfasync=\"false\" src=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/cdn-cgi\/scripts\/5c5dd728\/cloudflare-static\/email-decode.min.js\"><\/script><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script> <\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p>The <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/united-nations\/\" type=\"post_tag\" id=\"110\">United Nations<\/a> peacekeeping force in Lebanon said its members saw Israeli troops crossing the Lebanese border early Tuesday &ldquo;before returning south of the Blue Line,&rdquo; referring to the withdrawal line along the border. The group is calling for both Israel and Hezbollah to de-escalate and to honor a 2006 ceasefire agreement.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Over the past two days, as well as dozens of rockets and missiles fired into Israel claimed by Hizbullah, UNIFIL has recorded several airstrikes and hundreds of incidents of firing across the Blue Line and 84 air violations,&rdquo; the peacekeeping force <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/CGTNEurope\/status\/2028801411224383998\" type=\"link\" id=\"https:\/\/x.com\/CGTNEurope\/status\/2028801411224383998\">said in a statement<\/a>. &ldquo;Each of these incidents constitutes a serious breach of resolution 1701.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>The development in the joint U.S.-Israel conflict with <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/iran\/\" type=\"post_tag\" id=\"100\">Iran<\/a> comes one day after Hezbollah launched missiles and drones toward Israel in an attempt to defend its state sponsor. Israel returned fire with renewed airstrikes, killing at least 52 people in Beirut and southern Lebanon and wounding more than 150 others.<\/p>\n<p>Some senior Hezbollah leaders, including the group&rsquo;s parliamentary head Mohammad Raad and intelligence chief Hussein Makled, were among the deceased after the Israeli strikes.<\/p>\n<p><strong><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/world\/4476540\/senior-iran-hezbollah-officials-civilians-killed-us-israel-strikes\/\" type=\"link\" id=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/world\/4476540\/senior-iran-hezbollah-officials-civilians-killed-us-israel-strikes\/\">WHO HAS BEEN KILLED SO FAR DURING US-ISRAEL MISSION IN IRAN?<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Furthermore, Hezbollah is facing political pressure from Lebanese Prime Minister Nawaf Salam, who <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/world\/4476459\/lebanon-bans-hezbollah-military-activities-retaliatory-strikes-launch-beirut\/\" type=\"link\" id=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/world\/4476459\/lebanon-bans-hezbollah-military-activities-retaliatory-strikes-launch-beirut\/\">formally banned<\/a> the Iranian proxy from retaliating against Israel militarily and relegated the group to its political duties.<\/p>\n<p>Qamati subsequently criticized the Lebanese government over the ban, saying it didn&rsquo;t stop Israel from striking parts of Lebanon on an almost daily basis for nearly 15 months.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Hezbollah calls for open war with Israel amid strikes<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2159,"featured_media":2575524,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/AP26061397635396.jpg?w=696","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[24658,4671,70970,74949],"class_list":["post-2575523","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tag-hezbollah","tag-israel","tag-middleeast","tag-openwar"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/AP26061397635396.jpg?w=696","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2575523","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2159"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2575523"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2575523\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2575527,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2575523\/revisions\/2575527"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2575524"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2575523"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2575523"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2575523"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}