Hizbullah, Palestinian flags in Lebanon
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Report: Hizbullah on highest alert level
Source tells Al-Hayat Shiite group 'determined not to give Israel a chance to avenge its defeat in the July 2006 war'
Hizbullah forces have been put on the highest alert level, the London-based Arabic-language newspaper Al-Hayat reported on Tuesday.
On Monday Ynet reported that Lebanon was anxiously following the developments in Gaza. According to Al-Hayat, Hizbullah raised its alert level after Israeli Defense Minister Ehud Barak called up thousands of reserve soldiers and said some of them would be deployed along the northern border.
A Lebanese source was quoted by the paper as saying that the Shiite group is determined "not to give Israel a chance to avenge its defeat in the July 2006 war and has therefore raised its alert level for defense purposes."
The source further said that Hizbullah fears a surprise attack by Israel in south Lebanon and that the Jewish state may "take advantage of the transition period between the two American administrations to embark on a new adventure in order to impose a new reality along the Lebanese border.
According to another source, the Lebanese army was working in close cooperation with UNIFIL forces to "make sure that no element uses territory in the south to fire rockets toward Israel and get Lebanon involved (in the conflict)".
