BEIRUT, March 30 (Xinhua) -- Lebanese Shiite armed group Hezbollah has vowed Monday that it will deter possible Israeli aggressions but will not carry out any military operation outside the country, local Elnashra website reported.

    "We will not carry out any operation outside our Lebanese territories, but we will not accept after today that the enemy (Israel) stages any assault against our land," head of Hezbollah's members of parliament bloc Mouhamad Raad said at a funeral.

    Hezbollah kidnapped two Israeli soldiers in July 2006 from the Israeli side of the borders with Lebanon, prompting an Israeli response which resulted in a 34-day devastating war.

    However, Raad stressed that "Israel will pay the price for any possible attack on Lebanon, and will receive the proper response."

    As for the Western attempts to open dialogue with Hezbollah, Raad said "Hezbollah welcomes this gesture," but "it is a mistake if we assume the United States will abandon Israel for the sake of the Arabs."

    "The United States' interest is with Israel, and the U.S. foreign policy will not change," he said.

    Britain announced earlier in March that it is ready to open dialogue with the political wing of Hezbollah, while the United States reaffirmed that Hezbollah is still categorized as a terrorist organization.