Iran-backed Hezbollah joining Israel-Hamas conflict would be a 'game changer,' Middle East expert says
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With an Israeli ground incursion potentially imminent in the north of the Gaza Strip, the conflict could grow to involve other regional actors, analysts say.

Hezbollah operates as both a political party and paramilitary group and is designated by the U.S. as a terrorist organization.

It holds a great deal of power in Lebanon in the form of its Shiite political party, which holds 62 seats in the country’s Parliament, alongside its Iran-backed proxy militant unit.

Lebanon is facing its worst economic crisis in history, with triple-digit inflation and a currency that has lost more than 90% of its value since the onset of an economic crisis in 2019. Almost three quarters of the Lebanese people live below the poverty line.

  • Franzia@lemmy.blahaj.zoneEnglish
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    1 year ago

    This is a pointless discussion. It’s not going to happen, if it did it would be immediately shut down. This expert has come to the same conclusion as the US, and Israel: if Hezbollah were able to take advantage of the Hamas conflict it would indeed be a shit show.