Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah warned Israel on Friday not to drill for oil and gas until the maritime border dispute between Israel and Lebanon is resolved.
“If the enemy thinks they can act as they please before reaching a solution to this issue they are wrong,” Nasrallah said in a televised speech, according to Reuters.
Hezbollah would “act accordingly” if it found that “Lebanese oil and gas is in danger in the disputed area,” said Nasrallah.
The focus of the negotiations is a disputed 330-square mile area straddling the maritime border region in the Eastern Mediterranean, rich with natural-gas fields.
Both states claim that the area concerned falls within their respective exclusive economic zones and continental shelves—theoretical 200-nautical-mile zones within which coastal states enjoy exclusive rights to benefit from natural resources.