Hamas invites Hezbollah to join in fighting against Israel

Gaza: Khaled Mashaal’s top deputy told Russian media that the organization hoped that the Lebanese Shi’ite group would engage Israel from the north.

Hamas wants Hezbollah to join the now three-week-old conflict with Israel, the deputy political bureau chief of the Palestinian Islamist organization reportedly said on Wednesday.

Moussa Abu Marzouk, who serves as Khaled Mashaal’s top deputy and who is currently based in Cairo, told the Russian news agency RIA Novosti on Wednesday that the organization hoped that the Lebanese Shi’ite group would engage Israel from the north.

“We hope the Lebanese front will open and together we will fight against this formation [Israel],” Abu Marzouk told RIA Novosti.

“There’s no arguing that Lebanese resistance could mean a lot,” Abu Marzouk said.

Last week, Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah vowed to support "the resistance in Gaza in any way necessary" in its fight against the IDF.

Nasrallah made the statements in a phone call with Mashaal and the leader of Islamic Jihad Ramadan Salah.

The Hezbollah chief commended the militants waging war against Israel in Gaza and their conduct on the battlefield, and sources claimed that Nasrallah believes in the terror organizations' "resistance capabilities."

Nasrallah and Salah discussed maintaining diplomatic ties in the "battle the Palestinian resistance is facing."