Hizbullah is Giving “Every Type of Support” to Hamas

Hizbullah is Giving “Every Type of Support” to Hamas

Hizbullah is giving "every type of support" to Hamas, the party”s deputy secretary-general, Sheikh Naim Qassem, said in an interview with the Financial Times on Wednesday.

"It is one of the secrets of the resistance that we don”t talk about the details of our support, but suffice to say that we are giving them every type of support that could help the Palestinian resistance," he said.

"Every type that is possible."

Pressed on whether Hizbullah was supplying arms or training, Qassem said: "We leave this to be seen in time to come."

Hizbullah chief Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah confirmed last month that a man held in Egypt on suspicion of planning attacks there was a Hizbullah member working to help the Palestinian resistance against Israel.

"We have always said that we supported the resistance in Palestine but we have not mentioned how or given details of such support," Qassem said, in the rare interview at a secret location in southern Beirut. "But Egypt has now revealed that we have given military support to Palestine. We have done so for a while but we have not talked about it."

The Hizbullah official suggested the west had double standards in saying the party should not be supporting Palestinian resistance groups.

"We are asked about our specific and limited support for Gaza while nobody questions the U.S. about their total and unflinching support for Israel," he said. "We are always questioned but nobody questions the U.S."