Alwaght- Hezbollah and Hamas are among the resistance forces in Palestine and Lebanon that have since their foundation emphasized resistance to the Israeli occupation of Palestine and violations against the Lebanese territories and for years supported each other.
As part of this agenda, on March 28, a meeting was held between the Secretary-General of Hezbollah Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah and a Hamas delegation in Beirut. The meeting comes as in recent days Hezbollah has been able to once again show off its military capabilities to the Israeli regime by sending a reconnaissance drone and exposing the regime's strategic weakness in future wars— an operation that led to threats by Israeli officials against Lebanon.
Moreover, the developments in the occupied Palestinian territories are moving to escalation between Hamas and Tel Aviv, something pushing Hamas to step up its verbal threats against the Israeli regime for the latter's lack of commitment to the terms of a ceasefire that brought an end to a May, 2021 war between the two.
In the meantime, the visit of the Hamas delegation to Lebanon will definitely be of special importance for the developments in Palestine, and the Israelis closely monitor its outcomes.
Visit agenda
Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah met on Saturday with a delegation of Hamas officials headed by Saleh al-Arouri, the movement's deputy political bureau chief. The representative of the Hamas movement in Lebanon, Ahmad Abdulhadi, the member of Office of Islamic and Arab Relations Osama Hamdan, and Hamas chief advisor Taher al-Nonu were also present.
The talks, which have been covered by the Arab and Israeli media, focused on various issues such as recent developments in Palestine, including Al-Quds (Jerusalem) and its Sheikh Jarrah neighborhood, as well as the latest political conditions in the region. At the same time, the two sides stressed the stability of the Axis of Resistance— an alliance including Iran, Syria, Iraq, Lebanon, Yemen, and Palestine— in the face of pressures and threats, the need to strengthen bilateral relations, common destiny, and the boost of cooperation and coordination mechanisms with each other. They also called on pro-normalization Arab states not to take actions in contrast to the Palestinian liberation agenda and ideals because they end up serving Israeli interests.
The visit and talks between the representatives of these two resistance movements were of great importance, especially in the Israeli eyes, because one of the topics discussed in this meeting was to draw a pathway for more inclusive cooperation. Israeli media, like Yedioth Ahronoth, Rotter expressed their concern about the meeting. Roy Kass, Kan news network's reporter, in a Twitter post said: "What worries us is what has not been reported to the media and has been discussed behind the scenes between the two sides."
Hamas-Hezbollah cooperation; a showcase of Axis of Resistance unity
The cooperation between the two allies is a point of emphasis of the leaders of both sides in their various events and speeches, and the recent meeting once again showed the continuation and deepening of their alliance.
"During the Gaza war, the Lebanese resistance equipped the Palestinian resistance with Kornet missiles."
Actually, on the strength of this cooperation, the two Lebanese and Palestinian resistance groups have formed a strong front to prepare for any threat posed by Tel Aviv.
"Hamas is trying to build and develop its infrastructure in southern Lebanon to use it as a pad to attack Israel," said former Israeli Defense Minister Avigdor Lieberman, adding: "With the walls near Gaza equipped with electric systems and many of its tunnels destroyed, Hamas finds it difficult to attack Israel from Gaza."
Hamas-Hezbollah cooperation is sending shivers down Israeli officials' spine, because in case of an attack against Hezbollah or Hamas, Tel Aviv should face threats from three fronts: The inner, southern Lebanon, and southwestern Syria fronts.
In other words, central message of the visit is the Resistance camp's alliance which has already tightened its security grip on the Israeli regime and can immediately react to Tel Aviv threats with unpredictable responses. This scares away the Israeli leaders from military actions and builds deterrence against any new Israeli military adventures in Gaza or Lebanon.
