Israeli National Security Minister Itamar Ben Gvir said "all of Lebanon must burn" in a social media post after the deaths of four Israeli soldiers in southern Lebanon, drawing a response from the Iranian foreign minister, who labelled the Israeli leadership a "threat to all of humanity"

“For every tear of an Israeli mother, a thousand Lebanese mothers should cry," Ben Gvir wrote on X on Friday

"With all due respect to the Americans, Israel must make it clear to the entire world that the blood of our sons and the security of our citizens is not in vain. All of Lebanon should burn"

He openly stated that he has pushed Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to abandon “measured” military strategies in the region

“Enough with the ping-pong. In the Middle East, you don't win with measured responses and containment - you have to go crazy. Erase. Defeat terrorism”[…]
Ben Gvir’s comments were closely mirrored by fellow far-right cabinet member, Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich, who similarly called on Israel to "open the gates of hell" on Lebanon in a social media post the same day