A source close to Hezbollah, who preferred to remain anonymous, confirmed in an exclusive interview with Al-Monitor that communication between Hezbollah and Hamas continues to be "good," despite the persistence of some disagreements on certain political issues, particularly the Syrian crisis.

This well-informed Lebanese source was commenting on several media leaks in which Hezbollah accused members of Hamas of involvement in the latest attacks on the southern suburbs of Beirut, including the rocket attacks that targeted the suburbs several months ago. An Al-Monitor article by Meir Javedanfar from Aug. 22 noted the deterioration in the relationship between the two Islamist movements, citing a report from the Iranian website Tabnak, which in turn cited Ibrahim al-Amin, the editor-in-chief of the Lebanese daily Al-Akhbar known for his ties to Hezbollah. Amin noted the links between some members of Hamas to the bombing in the Ruwais neighborhood of Beirut's southern suburbs on Aug. 15.

The source denied reports that Hezbollah had hurled accusations at Hamas, and said that the Lebanese security agencies are undertaking a number of investigations concerning the latest attacks. They are currently pursuing a man known as Ahmed Taha, a Palestinian wanted for involvement in the rockets launched against the southern suburbs on May 26. The source noted that Hamas denied that Taha was a member of the organization. Hamas stated that Taha’s brother, Fadi, was a member, and noted that they had handed him over to Lebanese military intelligence, which interrogated him concerning his brother’s whereabouts and then released him.

Hamas, however, denied that the Lebanese security forces had requested that the movement turn over two individuals accused of firing rockets at the southern suburbs. Hamas’ representative in Lebanon, Ali Baraka, stated that Hamas handed over Ahmed Taha’s brother and one of his relatives to army intelligence, and stressed that the group was cooperating with Lebanese military intelligence.