Hezbollah calls for return to ‘open war’ with Israel as bombs rain down

Published March 3, 2026 8:47am ET



Hezbollah called for an “open war” with Israel on Tuesday as the Iran-backed terrorist group came under fire from the Jewish state in Lebanon.

“The Zionist enemy wanted an open war, which it has not stopped since the ceasefire agreement,” senior Hezbollah political leader and Lebanese parliament member Mahmoud Qamati said. “So let it be an open war.”

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