On Wednesday, A Hezbollah official outlined the organization’s position on possible U.S. strikes on Iran, stating that it will stay out of a conflict involving “limited” strikes, according to AFP.
However, the official reiterated the organization’s red-line of attempting strikes on the Iranian regime and its leaders would constitute grounds for Hezbollah to intervene militarily.
Since January, the U.S. and Iran have exchanged threats and shored up their military assets, with Iran bolstering defenses of key nuclear and military sites and carrying out naval and arms drills along its southern coast. The U.S. has transferred two aircraft carriers to the region and moved many war planes to its nearby bases in the largest U.S. military buildup in the Middle East since the 2003 Iraq invasion.
With much of its military posture wiped out by Israel in its 2024 attacks, Hezbollah did not step in during the June 2025 12-Day War between Israel and Iran, during which the U.S. also struck nuclear sites in Iran.
U.S. officials expressed concern on Monday that Iran would tap its proxies to expand a bilateral U.S.-Iran conflict into a regional war.
Last week, reports revealed that IRGC officers traveled to Lebanon to oversee Hezbollah’s military and security buildup, providing guidance and training sessions. This increased coordination signals an aligned approach towards threats to Iran, raising questions over the extent to which Hezbollah would intervene on behalf of its benefactor.
Israel has maintained its concerns over Hezbollah arms even during Lebanese army efforts to seize non-state weapons and strengthen its operational control over southern and eastern Lebanon. The country has carried out near-daily strikes against alleged Hezbollah operatives and assets, stating that Israel’s strikes are to enforce facets of the 2024 ceasefire, which Lebanese officials condemn.
Last week, Israel ramped up its strikes against Hezbollah and Hamas affiliated operating centers in the Ain al-Hilweh Palestinian Camp and in the Bekaa Valley, citing violations in the ceasefire arrangement between Israel and Lebanon. In the attacks, at least 17 were killed, including the son of Abu Salim Yaghi, a Hezbollah official and former member of Parliament, and targeting the home of a Hezbollah commander.
Israel has communicated that it would be willing to strike sites across Lebanon forcefully if Hezbollah joins in on a regional conflict, threatening the targeting of key infrastructure including the Beirut Airport.
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