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Iran warns Israel of Hezbollah rockets if attacked

Two Hezbollah fighters patrol a hill on the Lebanese side of the Qalamun mountains on the border with Syria on May 20, 2015 (AFP Photo)

Tehran - A senior Iranian military official warned on Thursday that any Israeli attack would unleash a firestorm of missiles on its cities fired by the Islamic republic's Hezbollah allies in Lebanon.

The Shiite militia has more than 80,000 rockets ready to fire at Tel Aviv and Haifa, said General Yahya Rahim Safavi, military adviser to Iran's supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei.

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