VERIFIED QUOTE · reported 2026-10-19
“In general, this will help. Hezbollah is very sensitive towards the needs of their support base, the Shia community, and I think that’s one of the reasons why they haven’t gone back to fighting the Israelis,”
Nicholas Blanford · said date not stated · reported 2026-10-19
Blanford told Al Jazeera that reported Iranian funds would be a huge boon to Hezbollah.
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