Lebanon and its people “must understand that Hezbollah is dragging them into a war that is not theirs,” Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Tuesday, urging Beirut to look out for itself “as soon as possible.”

The Iranian-backed terrorist army is doing this “only because of the death of that mass murderer who has nothing to do with them,” he stated during a visit to the Palmachim Airbase, referencing slain Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei.

Netanyahu spoke just hours before Hezbollah targeted the Tel Aviv region with rockets for the first time since the ceasefire agreement brokered by the United States went into effect on Nov. 27, 2024.