Hamas reveals Hezbollah's 'red line'.

A senior Hamas spokesman recently stated that Hezbollah would only increase its involvement in the conflict between Israel and Hamas if the Palestinian militant group were completely eliminated from Gaza.

Specifically, on November 13 (local time), Ahmed Abdul Hadi, Hamas's representative in Beirut, stated that their allied militant group is not yet ready to join the war and will only escalate its actions against Israel if Hamas is completely defeated.

NBC News quoted Ahmed Abdul Hadi as saying: “Now is not the time. The red line for Hezbollah is the complete annihilation of the resistance forces in Gaza.”

While Israeli forces have clashed with Hezbollah fighters across the border with Lebanon several times in recent weeks, the group's deputy commander, Naim Qassem, said the clashes were simply "aimed at relieving pressure on Gaza." Other senior officials of the group declined to say what the "red line" might be for Hezbollah to become more deeply involved, saying their response would depend on Israel's actions.

However, speaking last Saturday, Hezbollah leader Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah said the group was finally stepping up its operations and stated that there had been an “upgrade” in its campaigns along its front with Israel.

According to Reuters, Nasrallah said: "There has been a quantitative improvement in the number of operations, scale and number of targets, as well as an increase in the types of weapons used."

RT reported that the Israeli military warned Hezbollah would be making a "fatal mistake" if it intensified attacks on Israeli forces and claimed to have killed nearly 80 of the group's fighters in recent clashes.

During a visit to Israeli troops last weekend, Defense Minister Yoav Gallant declared that, “Hezbollah is dragging Lebanon into a potential war,” adding: “If mistakes like this are made, the first people to pay the price will be the citizens of Lebanon. What we are doing in Gaza, we know how to do in Beirut.”

The most recent conflict in Gaza erupted after a Hamas attack on October 7, with Israel launching weeks of retaliatory airstrikes and continuously escalating a ground offensive against the Palestinian territory. According to local officials, around 1,200 people have been killed in Israel and more than 11,000 in Gaza.

Hezbollah and Israel have fought two major wars and a long list of smaller skirmishes since the 1980s. The Israeli army was forced to withdraw from Lebanon after the 2006 conflict. Hezbollah maintains a significant presence in southern Lebanon and frequently clashes with Israeli border patrol forces.