BEIRUT, Lebanon, Feb. 15 (UPI) -- Hezbollah considers an attack on any of its allies in the region, including Iran, an attack on the entire region, deputy officials said in an interview.
Hezbollah announced last week that it plans to have demonstrations Tuesday to correspond with the anniversary of the deaths of its leaders Sheik Ragheb Harb, Abbas Moussawi and Hajj Imad Moghniyyeh.
Hezbollah Secretary-General Hassan Nasrallah is expected to release a video message to an audience in the southern suburbs of Beirut to mark the occasion.
Hussein Khalil, the political adviser to Nasrallah, told Kuwaiti newspaper al-Dar that the Shiite resistance movement was prepared to defend its regional allies.
"Hezbollah considers any attack on any faction of the resistance movements or on the two supporting nations of Iran or Syria, as an attack on all of them," he said.
Iranian broadcaster Press TV in its report on the issue said Israel is rattling its sabers in the region as tensions with Iran escalate over a controversial decision to enrich uranium to 20 percent.
Lebanese forces during the weekend fired on Israeli jets that had entered their airspace. Beirut issued several complaints to the United Nations over the Israeli incursions. Israel, for its part, said it is defending itself against Hezbollah, now a member of the Lebanese government.
"We will respond to any Israeli aggression on Lebanon," added the Hezbollah leader.
