New Delhi, Sept. 21 -- The leader of Lebanon's Hezbollah group on Friday called on Saudi Arabia to "open a new page" after years of tension and animosity, saying that the weapons of the Iran-backed group are directed toward Israel and not the oil-rich kingdom.

Naim Kassem's comments came in the wake of rising regional tensions following this month's Israeli strike on energy-rich Qatar, a neighbor of Saudi Arabia. The Sept. 2 strike hit the headquarters of Hamas' political leadership killing six people.

It was not immediately clear how Saudi Arabia, which lists Hezbollah as a terrorist organization, would respond to Kassem's proposal.

The tension between Saudi Arabia and Hezbollah is part of the yearslong struggle between the kingdom an...