As the latest development amid the intensifying clashes between Israel nad Gaza Strip, on Friday, Lebanon's Iran-backed Hezbollah movement announced that it would be "fully prepared" to join Hamas in the war waged against Israel when the time is right.
The confirmation came from Hezbollah deputy chief Naim Qassem as the conflict entered day seven since hundreds of Hamas gunmen stormed across the border from Gaza into Israel on October 7.
What did Hezbollah say?
"We, as Hezbollah, are contributing to the confrontation and will (continue) to contribute to it within our vision and plan," deputy chief Qassem told while attending a pro-Palestinian rally in Beirut's southern suburbs.
"We are fully prepared, and when the time comes for action, we will take it," he said.
He further added outreach by "major countries, Arab countries, and envoys from the United Nations, directly and indirectly, asking us not to interfere in the battle, will not affect us" as "Hezbollah knows its duties."
Showing solidarity with Gaza, over 1,000 Hezbollah supporters rallied for Gaza at Beirut's southern suburbs on Friday.
Israel-Hezbollah Relation
Israel has traded fire with Hezbollah and allied Palestinian factions in Lebanon in recent days.
And early Saturday, the Israeli Air Force said on X, formerly Twitter, that its forces had "struck a Hezbollah terror target in southern Lebanon in response to the infiltration of unidentified aerial objects into Israel and fire" on an Israeli drone.
"The IDF intercepted the infiltrating aerial object and the fire" on the drone, it added.
