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The leader of Islamist group Hezbollah, the most powerful political and military force in Lebanon, has broken his silence on the Israel-Gaza war.

In a speech from a secret location, watched by thousands at a rally in Lebanon's capital Beirut, Hassan Nasrallah praised the 7 October attacks in Israel that killed around 1,400 people.

He said the actions of Hamas - which like Hezbollah is a proscribed terrorist organisation in the UK, US and elsewhere - were "right, wise and just" but described the attacks on Israel as "100% Palestinian".

Professor Lina Khatib, director of the Middle East Institute at the School of Oriental and African Studies in London, gives her analysis of Mr Nasrallah's speech to Newshour.

(Photo shows Hezbollah supporters follow the speech of Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah on a screen in a southern suburb of Beirut, Lebanon on 3 November 2023. Credit: Wael Hamzeh/EPA)