BEIRUT, Jan. 16 (Xinhua) -- The deputy leader of Lebanon's Hezbollah said on Wednesday that Israel is behind a lot of crises in the region, National News Agency (NNA) reported.

"This region will continue to suffer from successive and cumulative crises as long as Israel exists and acts in such an aggressive manner under American supervision," said Naim Qassem.

"We must always warn that Israel is a big danger and Arab and Islamic countries should come together and find ways to cooperate to face the danger," he added.

Qassem made the remarks during his meeting with journalists from Al Manar TV, a Lebanese television station affiliated with the Shiite political party.

The Hezbollah senior leader also criticized Israel's successive violations of Lebanon's sovereignty.

Israeli warplanes have kept violating Lebanon's airspace in the past few months, prompting President Michel Aoun to call on the United States to pressure Israel to stop such moves.

Israel and Hezbollah, an Iran-backed militant group in Lebanon, fought a month-long war in southern Lebanon in 2006 which ended in a cease-fire.