Katz warns Hezbollah of permanent security zone and mass evacuation in Lebanon

Israeli Defense Minister Israel Katz, speaking inside Lebanon, warned Hezbollah against joining Iranian attacks and threatened a mass evacuation.

• Katz made the remarks Wednesday during a field visit with military commanders inside security zones in Lebanon and Syria.
• Katz warned Hezbollah that joining Iranian attacks would bring a harsh strike, with Nabatieh and Litani folded into a permanent Israeli security zone.
• Military plans include evacuating Shia residents north to the Awali and Zahrani rivers, displacing more than one million people inside Lebanon.
• Katz threatened Hezbollah Secretary-General Naim Qassem, saying he would share predecessor Hassan Nasrallah's fate.