Some additional context is that Hezbollah is strongly funded and supported by Iran, who take every opportunity to try to hurt Israel that they get. The Muslim world is also generally united in being opposed to Israel’s existence, and Palestine in particular is something of a rallying cry to all of them. This is also something that Iran very directly encourages.
Long story short, Israel pushed all the Palestinian fighters out at some point and the PLO was forced to fight from its neighboring countries. Seeing the Palestinians as their neighbors and the Israelis as colonizers most (if not all) backed Palestine. Eventually Palestine regained control of Gaza and the west bank.
With Israel now bombing all of Gaza and sending troops into the west bank Lebanon probably see’s the writing on the wall. They’re not waiting for war to come to their land. They don’t want a bunch of Palestinian refugees they want Israel to stop invading Palestine.
Why is the conflict spilling over to Lebanon?
Israel moving their forces south means they are open to attack on the north, which certain actors may act on.
Hezbollah has been involved from South Lebanon since the initial attacks by Hamas. They were launching rockets from Lebanon.
Some additional context is that Hezbollah is strongly funded and supported by Iran, who take every opportunity to try to hurt Israel that they get. The Muslim world is also generally united in being opposed to Israel’s existence, and Palestine in particular is something of a rallying cry to all of them. This is also something that Iran very directly encourages.
Long story short, Israel pushed all the Palestinian fighters out at some point and the PLO was forced to fight from its neighboring countries. Seeing the Palestinians as their neighbors and the Israelis as colonizers most (if not all) backed Palestine. Eventually Palestine regained control of Gaza and the west bank.
With Israel now bombing all of Gaza and sending troops into the west bank Lebanon probably see’s the writing on the wall. They’re not waiting for war to come to their land. They don’t want a bunch of Palestinian refugees they want Israel to stop invading Palestine.