Hamas asks Hezbollah to help in its fight against Israel, Lebanon’s Daily Star reports.
Hamas’s deputy political chief Mousa Abu Marzouk tells Russia’s RIA Novosti news agency that he hopes “the Lebanese front will open and together we will fight” against Israel.
Help from Hezbollah “could mean a lot,” says Abu Marzouk.
In this August 2, 2013, file photo, Hezbollah leader Sheikh Hassan Nasrallah speaks during a rally to mark Jerusalem day, or Al-Quds day, in the southern suburb of Beirut, Lebanon. (AP Photo/Hussein Malla)
Last Friday, Hassan Nasrallah, leader of the Lebanese Shiite organization, said Hezbollah is closely following the Israel-Hamas fighting and that his followers will do all they can to help the Palestinians. He did not elaborate.
“From here I say to our brothers in Gaza: We are with you and beside you and confident of your steadfastness and your victory and we will do everything we can to support you,” Nasrallah said.
— AP contributed to this report.
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