Hezbollah leader Naim Qassem says that fighting will continue as long as Israel is striking Lebanese villages and people are being killed, in comments that appear to reject a US-brokered ceasefire deal between Israel and the state of Lebanon.
In a written statement read on Hezbollah’s Al-Manar TV on Thursday, Qassem says the agreement’s demand that Hezbollah fighters leave southern Lebanon under fire would mean “surrender, defeat and achieving the enemy’s goals.”
“What we are concerned about is an end to the aggression, ceasefire and Israel’s withdrawal,” Qassem says. “We did not make any commitment to any party to stop resisting as long as there is occupation.”
Qassem also urges the Lebanese government to quit the “farce” of direct talks with Israel.
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