“We support indirect negotiation diplomacy,” Qassem said, but added that “as for direct negotiation, it is a free concession without fruits, and it serves Netanyahu […] and serves Trump before the midterm elections.”
In a lengthy statement, Qassem accused Israel of systematically violating the ceasefire, claiming it had breached the agreement “more than ten thousand times,” while describing the situation not as a truce but as “continuing Israeli-American aggression.”
He further argued that “Lebanon is the one being aggressed against” and insisted that any diplomatic track must first halt hostilities, stressing that “the solution will not be surrender” and rejecting what he described as efforts to impose political or military arrangements on Lebanon under pressure.
Separately, Lebanon's parliament speaker, who is the most senior Shi'ite politician and a close ally of Hezbollah, said later on Monday there could be no negotiations with Israel without a halt to the war.
The IDF said earlier in the day that it had begun carrying out strikes on Hezbollah infrastructure in several areas across southern Lebanon over what it said were repeated ceasefire violations by Hezbollah.
The announcement came shortly after the military issued an urgent warning to residents in several areas of southern Lebanon, calling for immediate evacuation due to anticipated military activity against Hezbollah targets.
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