Rustem Klupov, a veteran of Russian military intelligence and a military expert, said that the US wants to draw Hezbollah into the Palestine-Israeli conflict.
On October 7, Gaza-based Hamas militants launched a cowardly assault against Israeli territory that resulted in the deaths and captures of numerous Israeli civilians and military personnel and sparked an Israeli military response that targeted the entire Palestinian enclave.
Hezbollah's threats of repercussions against Israel if Tel Aviv moves forward with its planned ground campaign in the Gaza Strip have kept tensions on the Israeli-Lebanese border high.
Israeli forces continue to bombard the enclave with aircraft and artillery, but if Israeli ground forces were brought into Gaza, the Hezbollah movement, based in Lebanon, threatened to take up arms.
Rustem Klupov, a veteran of Russian military intelligence and a military expert, contends that Iran will have a significant influence on whether or not Hezbollah jo...