Hezbollah is also not eager to ramp up its hostilities with Israel, the Russian foreign minister has told RT
Moscow does not believe that Iran, Lebanon, or militant group Hezbollah want the Israel-Palestine war to escalate into a broader regional conflict, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov has told RT.
Concerns continue to be raised that the fighting between Israel and militant group Hamas could spill over into a broader Middle East conflict. Israeli officials have threatened to bomb Lebanese capital Beirut in a similar way to Gaza, while some US war hawks have called for an attack on Iran.
Moscow, however, believes there is “no appetite” for a major conflict in Lebanon or Iran, Lavrov stated, adding that neither country wants “any involvement in this crisis.”
While there have been border clashes between Israeli troops and the Lebanon-based Hezbollah, an organization “devoted to defending the Palestinian cause,” Lavrov claimed that recent televised remarks by the militant group’s leader Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah suggest that it has “no appetite for a big war.”
That may change if Hezbollah is provoked into action by an attempt to force Palestinians out of Gaza, the Russian diplomat warned.
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