Hezbollah Secretary-General Naim Qassem was interviewed by the Lebanese network Al-Mayadeen, affiliated with Hezbollah, and discussed joining the battle against Israel and its implications. "We received a message from Gaza through someone in Lebanon, and it was a message from Mohammed Deif," Qassem said. "The unity of fronts was an idea, but its organizational form did not crystallize. According to my information, Iran was not aware of Hamas's surprise attack, and even part of the organization's leadership abroad did not know." Qassem added that the overthrow in Syria was "a loss for the entire resistance axis. The developing normalization with Israel is very dangerous."