Berri, sources reconfirm that Hezbollah will stay out of Iran-Israel war

Parliament Speaker Nabih Berri reconfirmed Monday that Hezbollah will certainly not join the Israel-Iran war as local media reports said that Amal, Hezbollah and the Lebanese government have been discussing, away from the spotlight, the need to keep Lebanon out of the conflict.

Sources told Asharq al-Awsat newspaper, in reports published Monday, that Hezbollah will not join the fray and "give Israel pretexts" to drag Lebanon into a new war.

Israel has repeatedly bombed Lebanon despite a November ceasefire ending more than a year of hostilities with Hezbollah and is occupying five "strategic" hills in south Lebanon.

The Nidaa al-Watan newspaper also reported on Monday that the Lebanese state "communicated with Hezbollah to avoid intervention (in the Israel-Iran war) and obtained guarantees that there will be no participation."