Hezbollah’s Secretary General Hassan Nasrallah’s remarks that “Syria is not required” to enter the battle in support of Gaza “because of its difficult internal conditions,” drew questions by an opposition leader who asked, “Is Lebanon in a better shape than Syria?”
“Why is Nasrallah concerned about the situation in Syria and the need to exempt it from the (so-called) struggle, limiting its presumed support to Gaza to a political and ethical support, while ignoring Lebanon’s dire situation, especially the financial and economic crisis in which it is floundering?” the leader asked.
“Wouldn’t it be better to neutralize Lebanon from the military conflict and rely, instead, on its political support, as is the case with Iran and Syria?”
The leader wondered why should Lebanon and the people of the South bear the repercussions of Hezbollah’s so-called military support front and put up with the destruction and devastation that befell on them, especially the inhabitants of the border areas with Israel? Scores of Shiite families have fled the South and Hezbollah’s stronghold in the southern suburb of Beirut, to Mount Lebanon’s villages and cities, to escape the horrors of war and Israeli raids. These families will not return to their homes unless the war in Gaza and the South stops.
