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Thursday, October 26, 2023
Hamas official says group ‘expects more’ from Hezbollah involvement in war

Ghazi Hamad, a member of Hamas's political bureau, speaks during an interview with The Associated Press in Beirut, Lebanon, October 26, 2023. (AP/Bilal Hussein)
A senior Hamas official tells The Associated Press that the terror group had expected stronger intervention from Hezbollah in its war with Israel.
Ghazi Hamad, a member of Hamas’s political bureau, says that “we need more” from allies, including Iran-backed Hezbollah in Lebanon.
“Hezbollah now is working against the occupation,” Hamad says at the Hamas office in Beirut. “We appreciate this. But… we need more in order to stop the aggression on Gaza… we expect more.”