After having disavowed the October 7 attack… Has Nasrallah decided not to intervene in the war in Gaza “to protect Tehran”?

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The speech given by the leader of the Lebanese militia Hezbollah aroused much ridicule in the Lebanese streets, due to his statements made yesterday, Friday, in his first speech after the attack launched by Hamas in Israel on October 7, which killed 1,400 people, the most of which Israel has since responded with violent bombings of Gaza, which have so far killed more than 9,200 people and injured 23,000 others.

After speaking of the unity of the armed factions, Nasrallah disavowed the Hamas operation, which he defined as purely Palestinian, and also disavowed that Iran was aware of it, indicating that Iran does not exercise any protection over the factions in the region or their leaders. .

Hassan Nasrallah stated that Operation “Al-Aqsa Flood” was a Palestinian decision and implementation, stressing that “Hezbollah knew nothing about Operation Al-Aqsa Flood and we were not bothered by Hamas’s concealment of the plan of the attack on 7 October”. .”

Hezbollah’s secretary general revealed that he had received messages stating that Hezbollah’s entry into war with Israel means that the United States will bomb Iran.

Before the speech, the people of southern Lebanon packed their bags to flee, and Lebanese bought enough groceries in stores to last them months. How could this not be the case, given that Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah will give a speech after a long absence on the battle of Gaza. He paved the way for this appearance with a promotional film that sparked much speculation.

Many expected a grand declaration of war, thunderous bombings and lightning attacks, and the speech would last about 90 minutes, most of which were political science and history lessons.

From the first moment, observers realized that his content would be normal when he stated that the trial was purely Palestinian, exempting the party and Iran from this.

Then came the biggest surprise: Nasrallah’s words seemed to reassure Israel, but were interpreted to mean that there would be no party interference in this battle, except for a few skirmishes that would throw ashes in the eyes. limit the party’s role only to distracting the Israeli army on the northern border.

Immediately after the speech, derision quickly spread on social media in Lebanon, with some of them writing: “The Lebanese lined up in front of shops to return what they had bought… They understood that Nasrallah would not go into battle . “

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