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"Any attack on any human being will not go unpunished or
unanswered," Nasrallah said in a televised address marking
Ashura, a melancholic commemoration for Shi'ite Muslims of the
killing the Prophet Mohammad's grandson Hussein.
The comments came after a flare-up in violence between Israel
and the Islamic Jihad movement in the Gaza strip, prompted by
Israel's arrest of a senior Islamic Jihad leader earlier this
month.
On Saturday, Israeli defence minister Benny Gantz hinted at the
possible targeting of Islamic Jihad officials abroad, who he
said could be seen in "restaurants and hotels in Tehran, Syria
and Lebanon".
"They too will have to pay the price," Gantz said.
On Monday, a day after a truce brokered by Egypt ended the Gaza
violence, he said Israel could carry out "pre-emptive strikes"
abroad.
"In the future too, if necessary, we will deliver a pre-emptive
strike in order to defend Israel's citizens, sovereignty and
infrastructure and this is true for all fronts, from Teheran to
Khan Younis," he said.
Iran-backed Hezbollah is vehemently opposed to Israel and
tensions between the two have been escalating in recent months
over a disputed maritime border between Lebanon and Israel.
(Reporting by Laila Bassam; Editing by Alex Richardson)
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