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.
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. Lebanese troops battled heavily armed followers of a hard-line Sunni cleric holed up in a mosque complex in a southern port city on Monday, the second day of fighting that has left more than a dozen of soldiers dead, the military said. (AP/Bilal Hussein)