Israel is on the brink of a ‘full-scale war with Hezbollah’, an ex-IDF intelligence officer has chillingly warned.

Avi Melamed, who used to work for Israeli intelligence, claimed the Iran-backed terror group is running out of Israeli targets to hit without provoking a significant counterstrike by Jerusalem.

He told MailOnline: ‘Since October 8, Hezbollah has harassed Israel’s northern communities, turning them into ghost towns through its aerial strikes both of missiles and attack drones,’ Melamed added. ‘It has also managed to ignite forest fires in northern Israel, all in service of its partners in Gaza, part of Iran’s network of “resistance”. But, its success has also left it with very few viable targets left that won’t result in a significant Israeli strike.’

‘On Israel‘s northern border, the ever-growing exchange of fire between the IDF and Hezbollah is bringing the conflict to the brink of crossing over to a full-scale war,’ Melamed added.  

This comes as Hezbollah chief Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah said that ‘no place’ would be safe, while also threatening to attack Cyprus. In a dramatic escalation in rhetoric, Nasrallah said his group would fight with ‘no rules’ and ‘no ceilings’ in the event of a broader war. Nasrallah was speaking at a memorial event for a commander killed in an Israeli strike last week – the most senior Hezbollah figure to be killed so far in the current conflict with Israel. 

‘Israel has managed to continuously attack Hezbollah commanders, military infrastructure and fighters,’ Melamed said.

In a strike yesterday, Israeli jets struck a Hezbollah military structure in the Tyre area in Lebanon, according to the IDF. 

Melamed said that the strike ‘highlights not only Israel’s prowess both in gathering intelligence and acting on it, but also the significant number of additional targets it can strike at will without igniting a full-scale war’. 

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