Hezbollah is not only a Lebanese problem, it is a regional problem, the Lebanese Prime Minister Saad al-Hariri said in an interview with CNBC. 

According to him, Israel benefits from a scenario in which all responsibility falls on Lebanon.

“Look, Hezbollah is not a Lebanese problem — only — it is a regional problem,” Prime Minister Saad Hariri said in a wide-ranging interview with CNBC’s Hadley Gamble. “Israel wants to have ... this scenario that Lebanon is responsible, with what Netanyahu says, and if you want to buy it, buy it. But he knows and the international community knows that this is not true.”

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in his speech last week warned Hezbollah and Lebanon to “be careful what you say and more careful what you do.”

Hezbollah achieved record success in the Lebanese elections in May 2018. It is considered the most influential political group in Lebanon.

The United States sanctioned Lebanon’s Jammal Trust Bank last week, saying the bank facilitates Hezbollah’s financial activities and funnels money to the families of suicide bombers. The bank denies those allegations.

Hariri said such banks "should expect the consequences" by managing Hezbollah’s money.

“If a bank misuses this trust, we don’t like it, definitely. We try to stop it, I try to stop it,” he said, adding that the U.S. “had to take this action, and I don’t like it and I wish this bank didn’t go through (with) what they did.”

Hariri acknowledged the limitations of his ability to curb Hezbollah.

“I am a pragmatic person, and I know my limits, and I know the limits of this region. If people were serious about this issue, they would have done things 10, 15, 20, 30 years” ago, Hariri told CNBC.