![](data:image/svg+xml;charset=utf-8,<svg height="494px" width="750px" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" version="1.1"/>)
Lebanon says it will defend itself if Israel attacks. The IDF chief of staff has recently ordered plans to attack Lebanese infrastructure in the event Hezbollah strikes.
![](data:image/svg+xml;charset=utf-8,<svg height="350px" width="750px" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" version="1.1"/>)
WATCH: ‘We’ll defend ourselves against Israeli attacks,’ Lebanon says
Lebanese army soldiers take their positions as they raid homes to search for gunmen after clashes that erupted between followers of a radical Sunni cleric Sheik Ahmad al-Assir and Shiite gunmen, in the southern port city of Sidon, Lebanon, Monday, June 24, 2013. (AP/Bilal Hussein)
