According to the reports, al-Baghdadi claimed that Israel’s “attacks” on Muslim worshippers were a “clear violation of Muslim sanctities and feelings.” Al-Manar, the Hezbollah media channel, also reported the comments. The claim is that Hezbollah believes this aggression could not go unanswered.
The report also references other condemnations of Israel made in Jordan, apparently in an attempt to link Hezbollah’s condemnation with similar criticisms of Israel from Jordan. Hezbollah has long wanted to channel wider regional anger about Israel into its specifically Iranian-backed messaging because Iran is not always able to fully piggyback on the wider Palestinian movement. READ MORE
