Harsh Hezbollah words aim to draw 'red lines' for Trump

February 18, 2017 00:10

Speeches by Hezbollah's leader this week were aimed at making clear to the new administration of US President Donald Trump that the Lebanese group could strike US interests by hitting Israel, a source familiar with its thinking said on Friday.

Trump and administration officials have used strong rhetoric against Hezbollah's political patron Iran and to support its main enemy Israel, including putting Tehran "on notice" over charges it violated a nuclear deal by test-firing a ballistic missile.

Hezbollah leader Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah on Sunday described Trump as being an "idiot". On Thursday he said that his group, which played a major role in ending Israel's occupation of Lebanon, could strike its nuclear reactor at Dimona.

The harsh words for Israel and Trump were aimed at drawing "red lines" for the new US administration, the source familiar with the thinking of the Lebanese Shi'ite group said.

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