Beirut, Lebanon (CNN) -- Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad is scheduled to visit a region in Lebanon bordering northern Israel on Thursday, amid threats by a member of Israel's leadership.
Ahmadinejad is on a Lebanon tour, his first state visit to the country.
Many Lebanese applaud Iran for helping rebuild parts of their country.
But the visit to Beirut and now the scheduled tour of the border area is ringing alarm bells for some in Israel.
Israeli Knesset member Arieh Eldad has suggested that military action might be needed.
"It is our responsibility to stop anyone who publicly calls for our destruction," said Eldad, who is from the far-right National Union party.
"That responsibility means us doing something and not waiting for the world to do something. If a situation arises in which Ahmadinejad is in the cross-hairs of the IDF (Israel Defense Forces), he should be killed".
The Iranian president is scheduled to visit Hezbollah stronghold villages such as Bint Jbeil and Maroun al-Ras, which were at the heart of fighting in the 2006 war between Hezbollah and Israel.
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