An expected speech by Hezbollah’s leader Hassan Nasrallah could give clues over whether the militant groups will expands attack on northern Israel.
Militants with the Lebanese Shiite movement Hezbollah gather in April in Beirut's southern suburbs to watch a speech by their leader, Hasan Nasrallah. BEIRUT — As Israel’s invasion of Gaza widens, Lebanon’s Hezbollah has seemed increasingly ready to escalate its own fight. In the past week, the militant group has deployed new weapons and struck harder and deeper into Israel, fanning fears of a full-blown war.
A well-known Lebanese singer even put out a piece beseeching Nasrallah to act. On Oct. 11, Ali Barakat released atitled “For God’s Sake, Oh Sayyed Let’s Go,” a reference to the respectful title of “sayeed” used for Nasrallah by many of his followers.Nasrallah’s planned speech was described by Hezbollah as an event to honor those killed in the fight “to defend Lebanon and support Gaza, the Palestinian people and holy sites.
Amal Saad, a lecturer of politics and international relations at Cardiff University who closely follows Hezbollah, said the much bolder attacks this week have been “qualitatively different” and suggest that former rules of engagement for Hezbollah’s fighters have been “abandoned.”One prominent sign of this change, she added, was a letter signed by the “Mujahideen of the Islamic Resistance” — meaning Hezbollah fighters.
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