Hezbollah chief again rejects Lebanon-Israel deal, refuses 'surrender'
- Hezbollah chief Naim Qassem rejected the US-mediated Israel-Lebanon framework deal, calling it illegitimate and humiliating and opposing Israeli withdrawal, Hezbollah disarmament, and Lebanese army 'pilot zones' in southern Lebanon.
- The US-sponsored framework calls for Israeli gradual withdrawal, Hezbollah disarmament, and Lebanese army deployment to designated zones, but Hezbollah continues attacks on Israeli forces, including drone launches, leading to Israeli strikes in response.
- Talks between Israel and Lebanon continue without Hezbollah's involvement, with an international monitoring panel proposed but no set date for a new negotiation round.
- Hezbollah supports a ceasefire intended to end previous conflict with Israel but opposes the framework's conditions and continues armed resistance to block Israeli territorial aims in southern Lebanon.
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Naïm Qassem classified the June agreement as "illegal and humiliating" and refused the pilot zones and the verification commission. South Lebanon records more than a thousand projectiles in seven days.
Naïm Qassem classified the June agreement as "illegal and humiliating" and refused the pilot zones and the verification commission. South Lebanon records more than a thousand projectiles in seven days.
The Hezbollah leader reaffirmed today that he rejects the framework agreement between Lebanon and Israel, ensuring that the pro-Iranian movement, weakened by two wars with the Israeli army, refuses to "render".
Hezbollah chief again rejects Lebanon-Israel deal, refuses 'surrender'
Lebanon and Israel signed a framework deal in late June that calls for the disarmament of Hezbollah, a gradual withdrawal of Israeli forces from south Lebanon and the deployment of the Lebanese army to the region. Naim Qassem deemed the agreement 'illegitimate, unlawful, humiliating, destructive to Lebanese sovereignty.'
Lebanese government gave enemy everything it wanted — Hezbollah chief
Secretary General Naim Qassem gave a speech criticizing the Lebanese authorities for surrendering without compensation and rejecting the framework agreement with Israel. "The Lebanese Authority has chosen a path that does not befit it or Lebanon and...
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