31.  He said he had discussed with Assad militant groups such as the Palestinian organizations Hamas and Islamic Jihad and the Lebanese group Hezbollah.

32.  He will urge leaders in those countries to curb attacks on Israel by Hezbollah, a Lebanese group considered a terrorist organization by the State Department.

33.  Hezbollah is not known to be linked with the Lebanese group of the same name.

34.  Hezbollah, a Lebanese group backed by Iran and Syria, has repeatedly denied it has cells operating outside Lebanon.

35.  Hezbollah, the most active of the Lebanese militant groups in southern Lebanon, has denied involvement in the attack.

36.  Hezbollah, a Lebanese group backed by Iran and Syria, has repeatedly denied it has cells operating outside Lebanon but has not yet commented on the attacks.

37.  Hezbollah is not linked to the Lebanese group of the same name.

38.  In Damascus, Syria, on Friday, the leader of the Lebanese militant group, Hezbollah, said the accord liquidated Palestinian rights.

39.  In June, at a conference of Arab leaders in Syria, Bishara again expressed admiration for Hezbollah and praised Syria for supporting the Lebanese group.

40.  Iran supports Hezbollah, a Lebanese group whose guerrillas are engaged in almost daily skirmishes with Israeli troops occupying a border zone of southern Lebanon.