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Lebanon’s Hezbollah, supported by Iran, said it would respond to US and Israeli attacks on Iran.
In a statement, Naim Qassem, secretary general of Lebanon’s Hezbollah, said the group “will not leave the field of honor and resistance.”
The attack by the United States and Israel on Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei was called “the height of crime”. Kasem.
“We will do our duty to counter this aggression by trusting in the guidance and support of God,” he said.
Hezbollah is a politically influential Shiite Muslim organization that controls Lebanon’s most powerful armed forces.
It was established in the early 1980s by Iran, the most influential Shiite power in the region, to oppose Israel. During the country’s civil war, Israeli forces occupied southern Lebanon.
Hezbollah has participated in national elections since 1992 and has emerged as a major political force.
