Israeli defence minister says Hezbollah is ‘playing with fire’

Israeli defence minister says Hezbollah is ‘playing with fire’ Israeli Defence Minister Israel Katz warned Hezbollah that it was “playing with fire” after the group rejected direct negotiations with Israel. “If the Lebanese government continues to take cover under the wing of the Hezbollah terrorist organisation, fire will break out and engulf the cedars of Lebanon,” he said, according to a statement. Katz made the remarks in comments reportedly delivered to the United Nations envoy to Lebanon, Jeanine Hennis-Plasschaert.