President Michel Aoun of Lebanon has downplayed the possibility of a war between his country and Israel, but emphasized that if war broke out, his country would win.
Interviewed by the Kuwaiti newspaper Al-Rai, Aoun said, "I do not think there will be a war because Israel will not win such a war. All the Lebanese are ready to fight Israel. We are a small country, but we have reestablished our national unity, which is based, among other things, on the opposition of all Lebanese to anyone attacking their country."