Iran president says Hezbollah 'cannot stand alone' against Israel 

TEHRAN, Sept 24: Iran's President Masoud Pezeshkian said Tuesday that its ally Hezbollah "cannot stand alone" against Israel, which carried out its deadliest day of air strikes on Lebanon since 2006.

"Hezbollah cannot stand alone against a country that is being defended and supported and supplied by Western countries, by European countries and the United States," Pezeshkian said in an interview with CNN translated from Farsi to English. 

He called on the international community to "not allow Lebanon to become another Gaza," in response to a question on whether Iran would use its influence with Hezbollah to urge restraint. 
On Monday, over 550 people, including 50 children, were killed in Israeli strikes on Lebanon, according to the country's health ministry.    —AFP