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== Iran position on the war == | |||
* Iran foreign ministry said they support Hamaz but was not involved on the attack on Israel. It added that any action against Iran by Israel will be met by devastating force<ref>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H3l0hpvKvaA</ref>. | |||
* Iran's supreme leader praised Palestinian's bravery against Israel and that they will continue providing humanitarian support<ref>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=poey5Tp3h30</ref>. | |||
* Hezbollah, an Iranian-backed armed group is already supporting Hamaz. | |||
=== How strong is Hezbollah? === | |||
* The group is considered one of Israel's strongest enemies in the region<ref name=":0">https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2023/10/10/what-is-hezbollah-a-look-at-the-lebanese-armed-group-backing-hamas</ref>. | |||
* Its leader, Hassan Nasrallah, claimed in 2021 that the group has '''100,000 fighters'''<ref name=":0" />. | |||
* '''The U.S estimates that the group has received hundreds of millions dollars annually from Iran'''<ref name=":0" />. | |||
* '''Hezbollah boasts precision rockets''' and claim that they can hit any part of Israel<ref name=":0" />. | |||
* It commands a strong political following in Lebanon<ref name=":0" />. | |||
* '''The July War of 2006, ended in death of more than 1,100 Lebanese and 165 Israelis, though the Israeli government concluded that the war was unsuccessful and “missed opportunity.'''”<ref name=":0" /> | |||
* Palestine fighting group factions in Lebanon have pledged to join the war if Hezbollah supports them, in what analysts say could drag Lebanon into the war<ref name=":1">https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2023/10/9/palestinians-in-lebanon-ready-to-fight-israel-if-hezbollah-helps-them</ref>. | |||
* Hezbollah has vowed to engage Israel directy if it escalates its attacks on Gaza strip<ref name=":1" />. | |||
* '''According to Nicholas Blanford, an expert with the Atlantic Council, Hezbollah is capable of launching a sophisticated attack on Israel if it chooses, though the possibility of a war between the two is unlikely but can't be ruled out<ref name=":1" />.''' | |||
* Blanford said the tactics used by Hamas to attack Israel were from Hezbollah's guidebook<ref name=":1" />. | |||