HEZBOLLAH leader Hassan Nasrallah warned Israel and the United States against any attempt to intercept a shipment of oil which he said would sail from Iran to Lebanon today.

In a televised address the Shi’ite leader said that the first ship would sail “within hours” as part of a bid to alleviate an increasingly desperate fuel crisis in the Middle Eastern country.

“We don’t want to challenge anyone … but I tell the Americans and Israelis: the fuel ship sailing from Iran is Lebanese territory, make no mistake about that,” he said.