Israel-Hamas war: At Hezbollah's Martyrs' Day commemoration, their leader threatens escalation

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The Lebanon-based group and Israel have been engaged in a tit-for-tat war of increasing intensity and severity.

Operational security is always tight when the most powerful political and military faction in Lebanon organises an event. The details for Hezbollah's annual Martyrs' Day commemoration were provided an hour or so in advance and we found ourselves driving through a section of south Beirut that forms the Iran-backed organisation's stronghold.

Ali Ibrahim Rmoyti was only 28 years old yet there was no trace of sorrow in his mother's face. I asked her what was going through her mind. 'We are not worried. My son died on the road to Jerusalem while defending the children and women of Gaza. Their homes are being destroyed and no one's looking after them.' 'How will this end,' I asked her.

 

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