Majority of Lebanese approve of Hezbollah's border actions: Poll

News Desk - The Cradle

Lebanese citizens polled also viewed the US as the main reason why the war on Gaza has yet to end

A study conducted by the Consultative Center for Studies and Documentation has shown that over half of Lebanese citizens agree that the primary factor deterring Israel from launching a full-out war on Lebanon is the presence of Hezbollah.  

The poll involved 400 individuals across Lebanon split into their respective religious sects, including Muslims, Christians, and Druze.

The majority believed that “the Israeli enemy does not need any pretext to launch a comprehensive aggression against Lebanon.” 

When asked what prevents a comprehensive Israeli attack on Lebanon, nearly 60 percent considered it to be “the presence of the resistance, its demonstration of its growing strength, and its revealing of an important aspect of these capabilities during the current confrontations.” 

The majority of Shia Muslims, Sunni Muslims, and Druze favored this view, while Christians were least in favor at just over 30 percent.  

More than half of those polled agreed Lebanon’s position within the Axis of Resistance strengthens the nation's stance and helps deter further Israeli aggression into Lebanon.  

The evaluation of how specific countries responded to the Israeli aggression on Gaza was mostly in favor of Lebanon at 54.2 percent, followed by Iran at 45 percent. Russia, Turkiye, Qatar, and Egypt followed, with Saudi Arabia scoring lowest at just 7.5 percent.

Ninety percent of those polled agreed that the US is “the main reason behind the continuation of the escalation and the failure to end it.” 

The results come as Israel continues to deepen its attacks on Lebanese territory. On Monday, Israeli warplanes launched strikes at the industrial area in Ghaziyeh, near Saida.

Despite an increase in attacks, civilians continue to view the Lebanese resistance as a force of deterrence against Israel above all else. 

Western nations have also attempted to exert pressure on Lebanon to push the Islamic resistance group away from the border with Israel, in alignment with the Israeli war cabinet.

Lebanon's caretaker Foreign Minister, Abdallah Bou Habib, called the demands "a formula that Lebanon rejects. [Beirut] will not accept ‘partial solutions’ that do not bring the desired peace and do not secure stability but will lead to the renewal of the war again and again.”