Hamas, Hezbollah coordinating on the ground, says Hamas official

Hamas and Lebanese terror group Hezbollah are coordinating and “exchanging expertise” on Israel, a Hamas official in Lebanon says.

“The enemy is the same and our tactics are the same. Therefore, we put in efforts to exchange expertise. There is constant field cooperation and coordination,” the Lebanese Daily Star quotes Osama Hamdan as saying.

“The relationship with Hezbollah and Iran today is better than everyone thinks, and ties with Hezbollah [specifically] is by far better than what [enemy] optimists want to believe,” Hamadan,says. “These ties are based on confronting the Zionist and working on liberating Palestine. Everyone is keen on preserving such a relationship regardless of how much the circumstances change and opinions differ.”

Hamdan says Hamas is able to withstand Israeli attacks and is capable “of continuing to fire rockets and confront any ground operation and reach deep into Israel.”

“The resistance has grown from a military faction to include more people, and now today involves the general population. Therefore, it is difficult to defeat it, but the battle will take some time and there are plenty of surprises to come,” he says.

The relationship between Hamas and Hezbollah deteriorated over the Syrian crisis as the Sunni Hamas criticized the regime of Bashar Assad over its brutal crackdown and the Shi’ite Hezbollah continues to alongside the Syrian army.