Following Friday morning’s killing of Major General Qasem Soleimani, Lebanon’s Iran-backed Hezbollah movement called for the missile strike by Israel’s closest ally, to be avenged. The Israeli army on Friday closed a ski resort in the annexed Golan Heights, which border Lebanon and Syria. “Following a security assessment, it was decided to close Mount Hermon to visitors today,” an army spokeswoman told AFP. Across the armistice line sits the Shiite Hezbollah, Israel’s bitter foe with which it fought in 2006. “The Iranian regime is a terror regime and, against terror, determination and strength are required,” Lapid wrote.

Source: The Guardian January 03, 2020 09:56 UTC