Lebanon’s armed Hezbollah group threatened Israel that drilling at the Karish gas field could result in war. Israel and Lebanon are in a years-long dispute over the demarcation of their territorial waters in the Mediterranean. Israel has already warned early on that any damage to the drilling rig in Karish will result in an immediate reaction. Lebanon’s armed Hezbollah group warned Israel on Sunday against drilling at an offshore gas field, renewing a threat that it could escalate the offshore border demarcation dispute to a war. Hezbollah, backed by Iran, aired a video on its Al-Manar television channel, showing drone footage of Israeli barges at the gas field and their coordinates. The video ends with footage of a rocket with the words “within range” in Arabic and Hebrew. The text on the video message opens with “Playing with time is useless,” also in both languages. Israel and Lebanon, which […]