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Tuesday, September 24, 2024
Iran said to deflect Hezbollah request to attack Israel
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Hezbollah has asked its Iranian patrons to attack Israel as the IDF steps up its strikes on the Lebanese terror group, but so far, Tehran has refrained, the Axios news site reports.
The report cites two Israeli officials and one Western diplomat.
The Israeli officials say the Iranians told Hezbollah that “the timing isn’t right” because the Iranian president Masoud Pezeshkian is currently in New York for the UN General Assembly.
According to the report, Hezbollah asked the Iranians to attack as part of their response to the killing of Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh in Tehran two months ago. Iran has vowed to respond.
The sources say that the “Iranians expressed reservation about joining the fight against Israel now and didn’t give a positive response.”
The Times of Israel Community.