Lebanese President Michel Sleiman says another Israeli-imposed war on his country would not be "a walk in the park" as the army and Hezbollah resistance movement are fully prepared.
"Israeli Defense Minister Ehud Barak knows full well that entering Lebanon is no longer a walk in the park," AFP quoted Sleiman as saying in a statement released on Thursday.
"[Barak's] threat to send his forces into Lebanon again shows premeditated intentions of aggression. The Lebanese people, army and resistance are ready to respond to any such aggression," the Lebanese president added.
On Tuesday, Barak said Israeli armed forces may cross into the southern Lebanese territory again and engage in a military confrontation with Hezbollah resistance fighters.
The Israeli defense minister claimed that Israel inflicted heavy loss on Hezbollah during the 33-day war on Lebanon that killed about 1,200 Lebanese -- most of them civilians.
Hezbollah leader Seyyed Hassan Nasrallah on Wednesday downplayed Israel's latest threat of invasion, saying Tel Aviv will pay a heavy price if it launches another war on Lebanon.
He said that Lebanon's resistance fighters are ready to take the strategic Galilee region, north of Israel, should another war with Israel break out.
According to 629-page Winograd Report, Hezbollah defeated Israeli forces in the 2006 war and Tel Aviv was compelled to withdraw without having achieved any of its objectives.