In Gaza, cheers for Hezbollah
IHT
As Palestinian deaths mount in the fight with Israel in the Gaza Strip, many here say they take a measure of satisfaction in the pain Hezbollah has inflicted on Israel in Lebanon.
At the PLO Flag Shop, a local store that specializes in Palestinian souvenirs, the best-selling items for the past couple of weeks have been posters, T-shirts, buttons and coffee mugs featuring Hezbollah's leader, Hassan Nasrallah.
"If anyone fights Israel, we will support them," said one customer, Ahmed Youssef, an engineering student at the Islamic University, who bought a Nasrallah poster and a Hezbollah flag. "I'm here because I sympathize with Hezbollah. It's the least we can do."
Palestinians say the obsession with the Lebanese conflict is simple: Hezbollah has delivered deadly blows to Israel that Palestinians have not been able to inflict on Israel's southern front.
"I am much more interested in the Lebanese war, because in Gaza the news is all about counting how many Palestinians are killed," [- pause] said Sami al- Helo, 24, who was watching Lebanese events unfold at the Sultana coffee shop, where the television was broadcasting Hezbollah's station, Al Manar.
"But in Lebanon, we can see the heavy price Israel is paying," Helo added. "We know Hezbollah is not as strong as the Israelis, who are destroying more and more, but at least Hezbollah is causing damage, killing Israeli soldiers and confronting their tanks." Read more
As Palestinian deaths mount in the fight with Israel in the Gaza Strip, many here say they take a measure of satisfaction in the pain Hezbollah has inflicted on Israel in Lebanon.
At the PLO Flag Shop, a local store that specializes in Palestinian souvenirs, the best-selling items for the past couple of weeks have been posters, T-shirts, buttons and coffee mugs featuring Hezbollah's leader, Hassan Nasrallah.
"If anyone fights Israel, we will support them," said one customer, Ahmed Youssef, an engineering student at the Islamic University, who bought a Nasrallah poster and a Hezbollah flag. "I'm here because I sympathize with Hezbollah. It's the least we can do."
Palestinians say the obsession with the Lebanese conflict is simple: Hezbollah has delivered deadly blows to Israel that Palestinians have not been able to inflict on Israel's southern front.
"I am much more interested in the Lebanese war, because in Gaza the news is all about counting how many Palestinians are killed," [- pause] said Sami al- Helo, 24, who was watching Lebanese events unfold at the Sultana coffee shop, where the television was broadcasting Hezbollah's station, Al Manar.
"But in Lebanon, we can see the heavy price Israel is paying," Helo added. "We know Hezbollah is not as strong as the Israelis, who are destroying more and more, but at least Hezbollah is causing damage, killing Israeli soldiers and confronting their tanks." Read more
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