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Why Hezbollah Isn't Joining Hamas in Total War Against Israel
'We still need time… but we are winning in increments': Hezbollah’s Hassan Nasrallah praises the Hamas assault of October 7, but he is not hurrying to join the fight. For Hezbollah and its patron, Iran, conditions are not yet ripe for the big regional war
In two recent appearances Hassan Nasrallah, who leads the powerful Hezbollah militant group in Lebanon, stressed its support for “the resistance” in Gaza, but also its complete noninvolvement in the October 7 assault on Israel by Hamas.