Iran’s foreign minister has warned from Beirut that Israel will suffer a “huge earthquake” if it does not stop its attacks on Gaza.

“I know about the scenarios that Hizbollah has put in place,” Hossein Amirabdollahian told reporters in Beirut. “Any step the resistance (Hizbollah) will take will cause a huge earthquake in the Zionist entity.”

“I want to warn the war criminals and those who support this entity before it’s too late to stop the crimes against civilians in Gaza, because it might be too late in a few hours,” he added.

He said that he will be contacting UN officials in the Middle East because “there is still an opportunity to work on an initiative (to end the war) but it might be too late tomorrow.”

The Lebanese-Israeli border has grown increasingly tense in the past days and analysts fear an Israeli ground incursion into Gaza could be the red-line that will push Hizbollah into fully entering the conflict.

Hizbollah, Iran’s largest proxy force, is Israel’s most immediate threat boasting an estimated 150,000 rockets and missiles as well as thousands of war-hardened fighters who fought alongside the Syrian regime.

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Pictured: The funeral of slain Lebanese j