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Israeli minister says ‘Lebanon equals Hezbollah’ after election

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JERUSALEM: Hezbollah’s gains in the Lebanese election on Sunday show that the state is indistinguishable from the Iranian-backed group and that Israel should not distinguish between them in any future war, an Israeli security cabinet minister said.

“Hezbollah = Lebanon,” Education Minister Naftali Bennett, a rightist in the Israel’s conservative coalition government, said on Twitter on Monday.

“The State of Israel will not differentiate between the sovereign State of Lebanon and Hezbollah, and will view Lebanon as responsible for any action from within its territory.”

Hezbollah allies gain in Lebanon vote,

underscoring Iran sway

Hezbollah and its political allies won just over half the seats in Lebanon’s parliamentary election, underlining Tehran’s growing regional clout.

Branded a terrorist group by the United States, the heavily armed Hezbollah has grown in strength since joining the war in Syria in support of President Bashar al-Assad in 2012.

The gains for parties and politicians who support Hezbollah’s possession of weapons risk complicating Western policy in Lebanon, which is banking on foreign aid and loans to revive its stagnant economy and receives U.S. military support.

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