Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah said on Friday that Saudi Arabia had declared war on Lebanon and Hezbollah, accusing Riyadh of detaining Lebanese Prime Minister Saad Hariri and forcing him to resign.

In a televised speech quoted by Haaretz, Nasrallah also claimed that Saudi Arabia is inciting Israel to strike Lebanon, and his group is watching carefully for any Israeli attempts to use the crisis to begin hostilities against Lebanon.

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