Members of Hezbollah, a Lebanese Shiite group
The number two Lebanese Shiite group HezbollahNaim Qassem declared on Friday the 13th that its members were “fully ready” to intervene in the war between them Israel and the terrorist group Hamas. “Hezbollah knows exactly what its tasks are. We are fully prepared and ready, and we are following step by step,” said the deputy secretary general of the Shiite political and armed movement during an event in support of the Gaza Strip in the suburbs of Beirut. Qassem also said that “behindthescenes contacts with Arab powers and countries, as well as with UN officials, who directly and indirectly called for not to take part in the battle will have no effect.” Last Sunday, the 8th, Hezbollah and Israel engaged in an aggressive exchange of blows, a day after the Jewish state was the target of a surprise attack by the Palestinian group Hamas. According to the newspaper Al JazeeraHezbollah said it fired guided missiles at three posts in Iran Shebaa Farmsclaimed by Lebanon and captured by Israel in 1967. According to the group, the gesture was an act “in solidarity” with Hamas. On Saturday, Hezbollah had already congratulated the Palestinian group on what it described as a “heroic operation” against Israel and called for unity among the “resistance” groups. The Iranian government, which supports Hezbollah, also spoke out in favor of Hamas. In retaliation for Sunday’s attack, Israel attacked an area in Lebanon from which mortars were fired, with a drone hitting a Hezbollah post in Shebaa Farms.
*With information from EFE.