Israel has launched a fierce and unprecedented wave of airstrikes on Hezbollah targets in southern Lebanon, pounding missile launchers, weapons storage facilities, and key infrastructure in at least 10 major locations near the border.

Naim Kassem’s comments came as Lebanon’s Cabinet was meeting to discuss Hezbollah’s disarmament. Beirut is under U.S. pressure to disarm the group that recently fought a 14-month war with Israel and was left gravely weakened,

Hezbollah chief Naim Qassem threatened Israel directly for the first time in months in a televised speech on Tuesday, saying missiles would fall on it if it resumed a broad war on Lebanon.