Hezbollah leader, Hamas chief talk recent Gaza war in Beirut

The top leaders of the militant groups Hezbollah and Hamas have held talks in Beirut about last month’s 11-day war with Israel in Gaza

BEIRUT -- The top leaders of the militant groups Hezbollah and Hamas held talks in Beirut on Tuesday about last month’s 11-day war with Israel in the Gaza Strip. Ismail Haniyeh, the leader of the Palestinian Hamas, arrived in Lebanon on Sunday and met several top officials, including President Michel Aoun and Parliament Speaker Nabih Berri. On Tuesday, Haniyeh and Hezbollah leader Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah discussed how they can build on the experience of the latest round of violence. The bruising war had caused widespread destruction in the Gaza Strip, brought life in much of Israel to a standstill and killed at least 254 people. There were no comments after the meeting that brought Nasrallah and Haniyeh together. It was the first between the two since September.