Hassan Nasrallah’s speech was closely watched around the Middle East for signs of whether Hezbollah would escalate its attacks on northern Israel.
BEIRUT — The leader of the Lebanese militant group Hezbollah warned Friday that all options were “on the table” in his group’s battles with Israel but stopped short of announcing an all-out escalation in his first public comments since the start of the Gaza war.
The Israeli military offensive in Gaza has killed more than 9,000 people, including nearly 4,000 children, according to the Hamas-controlled Gaza Health Ministry. War erupted on Oct. 7 when Hamas militants from Gaza launched a deadly attack inside Israel that killed more than 1,400 people, and with more than 200 taken back into Gaza as hostages.
Hezbollah, a major political force in Lebanon, has faced competing pressures. Lebanese political groups worry about the country’s being drawn into a full-scale war with Israel even as Lebanon reels from a devastating economic crisis. But some within Nasrallah’s own movement, as well as armed factions around the region, seek to open a new front against Israel.In Iraq, members of Iranian-backed militias gathered to hear Nasrallah.
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