Hezbollah chief expects Israeli aggression on Lebanon

Lebanese Shiite armed group Hezbollah chief Hassan Nasrallah said on Saturday he expected an Israeli war on Lebanon in the period between the end of the year and next spring, local New TV reported.

"Israel can not be trusted, and could carry out an aggression between the end of the year and next spring," Nasrallah was quoted as telling a group of Lebanese expatriates who visited him.

Nasrallah revealed that a new method will be used the next time if Israel launches an attack on Lebanon, and this method would be hitting back at Tel Aviv if the southern suburbs of Beirut were hit.

Hezbollah's strongholds in the southern suburbs of Beirut were completely destroyed by Israeli air raids in July 2006 during a devastating 34-day war between the two sides.

Nasrallah stressed that his Shiite armed group does not carry out security operations outside Lebanon.

As the only group which still keeps its weapons aside from the Lebanese army, Hezbollah is listed by the United States as a terrorist organization, and accused of having a military wing which carries out terrorist operations outside Lebanon.