[[{"content_id":"101272","domain_id":"0","lang_id":"en","portal_id":"2","owner_id":"29","user_id":"1","view_accesslevel_id":"0","edit_accesslevel_id":"0","delete_accesslevel_id":"0","editor_id":"0","content_title":"Hezbollah ready for war with Israel,US","content_number":"0","content_date_event":"2008-03-06 14:36:00","content_summary":"","content_summary_fill":"0","content_body":"Hezbollah is ready for an Israeli, American and multinational war but it does not want to initiate one, says the group's deputy leader. \r\n \r\n"Hezbollah cannot confirm (that there will be war) because it does not want to initiate it," Lebanese daily Al-Akhbar quoted Naim Kassem as saying on Wednesday. \r\n \r\n"The Israelis know they have to pay a high price in any war," he added. \r\n \r\nKassem said United Nations (UN) forces and Lebanese troops deployed along the Lebanese-Israeli border would not hinder Hezbollah's renewed preparedness to fight Israel. \r\n \r\nEarlier on Wednesday, Hezbollah lashed out at UN chief Ban Ki-moon, urging him to "show proof of more objectivity and impartiality" when speaking about the region. \r\n \r\nBan had expressed concern over threats of open war against Israel by the group after the assassination of Hezbollah top commander Imad Mughniyah. \r\n \r\nMughniyah was killed on February 12 in a car bomb in neighboring Syrian capital Damascus.","content_html":"

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Hezbollah is ready for an Israeli, American and multinational war but it does not want to initiate one, says the group's deputy leader. <\/o:p><\/span><\/font><\/font><\/strong><\/p>\r\n

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<\/span><\/span>"Hezbollah cannot confirm (that there will be war) because it does not want to initiate it," Lebanese daily Al-Akhbar quoted Naim Kassem as saying on Wednesday. <\/o:p><\/span><\/font><\/font><\/strong><\/p>\r\n

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<\/span><\/span>"The Israelis know they have to pay a high price in any war," he added. <\/o:p><\/span><\/font><\/font><\/strong><\/p>\r\n

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Kassem said United Nations (UN) forces and Lebanese troops deployed along the Lebanese-Israeli border would not hinder Hezbollah's renewed preparedness to fight Israel<\/st1:place><\/st1:country-region>. <\/o:p><\/span><\/font><\/font><\/strong><\/p>\r\n

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Earlier on Wednesday, Hezbollah lashed out at UN chief Ban Ki-moon, urging him to "show proof of more objectivity and impartiality" when speaking about the region. <\/o:p><\/span><\/font><\/font><\/strong><\/p>\r\n

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Ban had expressed concern over threats of open war against Israel<\/st1:place><\/st1:country-region> by the group after the assassination of Hezbollah top commander Imad Mughniyah. <\/o:p><\/span><\/font><\/font><\/strong><\/p>\r\n

 <\/font><\/strong><\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\r\nMughniyah was killed on February 12 in a car bomb in neighboring Syrian capital <\/span>Damascus<\/span><\/st1:place><\/st1:city>.<\/span><\/font><\/font><\/strong>","content_source":null,"content_url":null,"content_columns":"0","content_date_start":"2008-03-06 14:36:00","content_date_finish":"2008-03-06 14:36:00","content_date_register":"2008-03-06 14:36:00","content_date_last_edit":"0000-00-00 00:00:00","content_show_img":"1","content_show_details":"1","content_show_related_img":"1","content_show_slider":"1","content_show_title_slider":"1","content_comment":"0","content_score":"0","content_recorded":"0","content_confirmed":"1","content_status":"1","content_kind":"0","old_id":"101266","tag_id":null,"tag_word":null,"tag_service":null,"tag_total":null,"tag_soundex":null,"attach_token":null,"attach_date_register":null,"attach_id":null,"attach_file_ext":null,"attach_file_header":null,"attach_img_type":null,"attach_img_width":null,"attach_img_height":null,"attach_file_media":null,"attach_show_watermark":null,"score_average":null,"score_count":null,"score_date_last":null,"visit_count":"125","visit_date_last":"2025-05-14 08:22:04","attach_title":null,"node_title":"Latest news","ot_node_left_right":"[{\"node_id\":144, \"left\":49, \"right\":50}]"}]]