Speaking to NBC News, Naim Qassem, Hezbollah’s deputy secretary general, said the growing level of cross-border fighting is meant to send “a clear message that if you expand there will be serious consequences”.
“Hezbollah participates for the sake of lowering the pressure on Gaza,” Qassem told the US media outlet.
Qassem added that Hezbollah is striking Israel while other Iran-backed groups are attacking US personnel to send a message to stop the assault on Gaza.
“Those in the Axis of Resistance have seen that the mastermind is America,” Qassem said. “So they strike America under the principle of sending a message to stop. Just as Israel should stop.”
He added: “How does America and the rest of the world have the right to stand on the side of Israel that kills civilians and children and destroys homes, while we don’t have the right to support our people and our loved ones in Palestine and the region?”
