 War message from Hezbollah. We are ready for action. Lebanon's Iran-backed Hezbollah movement says it is ready to join Hamas in the war against Israel when the time is right. Hezbollah operates as both a political party and paramilitary group and is designated by the U.S. as a terrorist organization. It holds a great deal of power in Lebanon in the form of its Shiite political party, which holds 62 seats in the country's parliament alongside its Iran-backed proxy militant unit. Hezbollah Deputy Chief Naim Qasem spoke as Hamas and Israel traded heavy fire, after hundreds of Hamas gunmen stormed across the border from Gaza into Israel last Saturday and killed more than 1,300 people, most of them civilians. We are fully prepared and when the time comes for action, we will take it. Hezbollah Deputy Chief Naim Qasem tells a pro-Palestinian rally in Beirut's southern suburbs. He told supporters in a Beirut suburb that Hezbollah was rejecting foreign nations' calls for the Lebanese militant group to not get involved as Hezbollah's leader was meeting with Iran's foreign minister to discuss the situation. The behind the scenes calls with us by great powers. Arab countries, envoys of the United Nations, directly and indirectly, telling us not to interfere will have no effect. Qasem said, Hezbollah knows its duties perfectly well, he continued. We are prepared and ready, fully ready, and we are following developments moment by moment. Israel has traded fire with Hezbollah and allied Palestinian factions in Lebanon in recent days.