Hezbollah Leader Stops Short of Entering Gaza Conflict

amman, jordan - Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah sought in a widely anticipated speech Friday to portray his extremist group as vigorous defenders of the Hamas militants fighting in Gaza without drawing his own country, Lebanon, into a full-scale war with Israel.

Nasrallah also denied any responsibility for the October 7 massacre of 1,400 people in Israel, describing it as "100 percent Palestinian," and said he