2023-11-03 11:30:57
In Lebanon, Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah is due to deliver a highly anticipated speech this Friday followingnoon. He will speak for the first time since the start of the war between Israel and Hamas.
Since the Hamas attacks once morest Israel on October 7, Hezbollah has expressed its solidarity with the Palestinian Islamist movement. Since then, daily exchanges of fire have pitted Hezbollah militiamen once morest the Israeli army on the border with Lebanon. Clashes generally limited which left 70 dead in Lebanon and nine killed on the Israeli side, according to official reports.
But this Thursday, November 2, Hezbollah intensified its operations and claimed simultaneous attacks once morest 19 Israeli military positions and sites. The question that arises today in Lebanon, as in all countries in the region, is whether Hassan Nasrallah intends to bring his powerful party fully into the conflict.
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