A source close to Hezbollah dismissed the purported Israeli strike, telling Newsweek: “We didn’t feel it at all.”
Iran and its Lebanese Hezbollah partners appear to be dismissing the significance of Israel’s reported overnight strike on targets inside the country, as the world again waits to see if the regional tit-for-tat attacks escalate into a broader and more destructive showdown.
“Iran does not need anyone to defend it; her capabilities are strong,” a source close to the Tehran-aligned militia—who requested anonymity as they were not authorized to speak publicly on the matter—told Newsweek on Friday morning, as reports emerged of multiple Israeli strikes in Syria, Iraq, and Iran.
When pressed as to whether Hezbollah would join any retaliation by Iran—as its leaders have repeatedly threatened to do—the source responded: “Has Israel really done anything? We didn’t feel it at all.”
Tehran appears to be downplaying the significance of the reported attack, according to Reuters. “The foreign source of the incident has not been confirmed,” an unnamed senior Iranian official told the agency. “We have not received any external attack, and the discussion leans more towards infiltration than attack.
