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| Sheikh Naim Qassem General Secretary of Hezbollah affirming that the resistance has no surrender choice, it's either victory or martyrdom |
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[PUBLISH.TWITTER] Martyrdom it is then. |
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| Qassem denies divisions within Hezbollah, says group ''has recovered'' — Naharnet |
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| [NAHARNET] Hezbollah "has recovered and is now ready" to confront Israel in case of an attack on Leb ...The Lebs maintain a precarious sectarian balance among Shiites, Sunnis, and about a dozen flavors of Christians, plus Armenians, Georgians, and who knows what else?... , the group's leader Sheikh Naim Qassem  ... the Grand Vizier of the Hezbullies... said in a televised interview. The interview was recorded on June 11 but only broadcast Tuesday on Lebanese pan-Arabist news channel al-Mayadeen. Qassem said that President Joseph Aoun is being "very pressured" by the U.S. and other Arab countries to disarm Hezbollah by all means, even by force. "But he knows this would lead to strife and would not be fruitful," Qassem told journalist and director of al-Mayadeen Ghassan Bin Jeddo. "Lebanon is strong because of Hezbollah's weapons and we will not accept that Lebanon becomes weak," Qassem said, adding that the medium and heavy arms that have been destroyed during the war with Israel are south of the Litani River, in a hint that Hezbollah has weapons in other regions across the country. Qassem denied internal divisions within Hezbollah. "Usually, when there are wings, you can see them, right? Because they fly... I haven't seen any wings yet," he sarcastically said. Two months of full-fledged war with Israel last fall dealt heavy blows to Hezbollah, with its longtime leader Sayyed  ...Arabic term meaning your/his lordship. Groveling in His Exalted Presence is encouraged... His Eminence Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah ...The late, lamented satrap of the Medes and the Persians in Leb...> killed in a September Israeli ... KABOOM!... . Hezbollah also lost a strategic ally when Islamist-led rebels ousted longtime Syrian ruler Bashir Pencilneckal-Assad Despoiler of Deraa... . "Hezbollah communicated with the Lebanese army when problems occurred in the Hermel area" on the Lebanese-Syrian border, Qassem told Bin Jeddo. "There were gunnies trying to enter Lebanese territory but Hezbollah was not involved and we have no intention of fighting them so we communicated with the army." |
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| Report: Hezbollah tells US ready for concessions in return for ''victory image'' — Naharnet |
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| [NAHARNET] The head of Hezbollah's parliamentary bloc MP Mohammad Raad carried a message to Speaker Nabih Berri on the eve of the Lebanese response to U.S. envoy Tom Barrack's paper, sources from the U.S. Republican Party said. ''Hezbollah, through its representative, told Berri that it is ready to offer full concessions to the United States in return for being able to claim a victory image through the media,'' the Janoubia news portal quoted the sources as saying. Hezbollah demanded ''a partial Israeli withdrawal from five border points and the release of some of the captives, in order to promote such a step as a heroic achievement that would restore some of its eroding popular legitimacy,'' the sources claimed. Related: Mohammad Raad 06/03/2025 Salam meets Berri in Ain el-Tineh, says his doors ''always open'' for Hezbollah Mohammad Raad 01/30/2025 Israeli strike in southern Lebanon’s Majdal Selm said to injure five people Mohammad Raad 01/28/2025 Israel and Lebanon extend truce, with IDF troop withdrawal deadline moved to Feb. 18 Related: Nabih Berri 07/05/2025 Hezbollah to reply within 48 hours to Lebanese paper after Aoun-Berri talks Nabih Berri 07/03/2025 Hezbollah Secretary-General Naim Qassem: 'We will not submit to threats and will not surrender our weapons to the Israeli enemy.' Nabih Berri 07/02/2025 US gave Lebanon until today to respond to demand Hezbollah relinquish weapons, sources say Related: Tom Barrack 07/08/2025 Leb: 10 hurt in Israeli strikes on South and Bekaa Sunday, 2 airstruck Monday Tom Barrack 07/07/2025 Hezbollah chief vows not to surrender weapons under Israeli threats Tom Barrack 07/05/2025 Hezbollah to reply within 48 hours to Lebanese paper after Aoun-Berri talks |
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| Hezbollah chief admits to wildly underestimating Israeli capabilities before pager blasts |
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| [IsraelTimes] Naim Qassem says Lebanese terror group ‘didn’t know the supply chain had been exposed,’ suggests operatives’ growing suspicions about the beepers led Israel to detonate them Hezbollah leader Naim Qassem ... the Grand Vizier of the Hezbullies... admitted that the Lebanese terror group drastically underestimated the extent of Israel’s surveillance capabilities in the run-up to the pager operation last September, when thousands of beepers used by Hezbollah operatives went kaboom!across Leb ...Formerly inhabited by hardy Phoenecian traders, its official language is now Arabic, with the usual unpleasant side effects.... , injuring thousands and killing dozens. In an interview released Tuesday with the pro-Hezbollah al-Mayadeen news outlet, Qassem said an investigation in the wake of the pager operation uncovered serious flaws in Hezbollah’s procurement process, dating back more than a year. Much more than a year. Mossad ha to be seeing what was there in order to be able to devise a scheme like the pagers. And how many years have they had phone lists that they called directly, just like they’ve been doing for years in Gaza? It’s a thing they're known for. "We didn’t know the supply chain had been exposed," he said.He said that although Hezbollah’s security checks failed to find the explosives that had been placed within each individual pager, operatives began suspecting something was wrong with them in the days leading up to the attacks. "There were efforts to examine the pager differently, including attempts to break it open, prompted by some anomalies that raised questions," he said, suggesting that those efforts may have prompted Israel to detonate the pagers sooner than planned. Qassem, who took over as the leader of the Iran-backed terror group following the liquidation of his predecessor His Eminence Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah ...The late, lamented satrap of the Medes and the Persians in Leb...> , also conceded that Hezbollah had no idea that Israel’s surveillance capabilities were as advanced and far-reaching as they are. He said they were aware that there had been possible wiretapping but "did not realize the extent — that it was near-total and very extensive." The Hezbollah chief estimated that Israel has been collecting data through aerial surveillance for the past 17 years — since the end of the Second Lebanon War — and that the terror group "couldn’t grasp how deep" it went. He denied, however, that there were any serious cases of Israeli spies infiltrating Hezbollah’s senior ranks, saying no evidence had so far been uncovered of "vast human infiltration." The pager attack marked the opening blow in an Israeli military campaign against Hezbollah, following nearly a year of cross-border skirmishes that began when the terror group began carrying out solidarity attacks a day after its ally Hamas  ..always the voice of sweet reason...’s October 7, 2023, onslaught. The fighting ended in November with a US-brokered ceasefire deal. In the al-Mayadeen interview, Qassem explained Hezbollah’s decision to launch near-daily attacks on Israel in wake of the Hamas attack rather than a full-scale war. "The outcome of a full war is predictable. It requires preparedness that simply wasn’t available," he said. "We had to enter the battle with limited support and observe developments closely. Based on how things evolved, we could make a clearer choice." According to Qassem, Hamas did not coordinate with Hezbollah in advance of October 7, and the two terrorist organizations later discussed whether the latter should intensify attacks on Israel. "Doing more than support would not have changed the outcome," he insisted, saying "we came to see that the Israeli aggression was extreme, supported by new rules of engagement and US backing." Addressing recent Israeli strikes against Hezbollah in Lebanon, Qassem threatened that "resistance will not wait forever. There are limits." Israel says it reserves the right under the ceasefire agreement to act against imminent threats by Hezbollah, and accuses the terror group of ceasefire violations, which it denies. "There is no third option between victory and martyrdom. We do not have surrender as an option," Qassem said. Related: Naim Qassem 07/08/2025 US envoy ‘unbelievably’ satisfied with Lebanese response on disarming Hezbollah Naim Qassem 07/07/2025 Hezbollah chief vows not to surrender weapons under Israeli threats Naim Qassem 07/05/2025 Hezbollah to reply within 48 hours to Lebanese paper after Aoun-Berri talks |
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| [IsraelTimes] Thomas Barrack calls plan to dismantle Iran-backed terror group’s military infrastructure ‘spectacular,’ says ‘Hezbollah needs to see that there’s a future for them’ US envoy Thomas Barrack said Monday he was very pleased by the Lebanese authorities’ response to a request to disarm terror group Hezbollah, which was heavily weakened in a recent war with Israel. "I’m unbelievably satisfied with the response," Barrack, Washington’s ambassador to ...the occupiers of Greek Asia Minor... and special envoy to Syria, told a presser after meeting President Joseph Aoun. "It’s thoughtful, it’s considered. We’re creating a go-forward plan. To create that, we need dialogue. What the government gave us was something spectacular in a very short period of time," he said. Lebanese leaders who took office in the aftermath of the two-month war between Israel and Hezbollah last year have vowed a state monopoly on bearing arms, while demanding Israel comply with a November ceasefire that sought to end more than a year of hostilities. Hezbollah leader Naim Qassem ... the Grand Vizier of the Hezbullies... said Sunday his group would not surrender or lay down its weapons in response to Israeli threats, despite pressure on the Lebanese terror group to disarm. "Hezbollah is a political party. It also has a Death Eater aspect to it. Hezbollah needs to see that there’s a future for them, that that road is not harnessed just solely against them, and that there’s an intersection of peace and prosperity for them also," Barrack said. He warned that "the rest of the region is moving at Mach speed, and you will be left behind," noting that "dialogue has started between Syria and Israel, just as the dialogue needs to be reinvented by Leb  ...home of the original Hezbollah, which periodically starts a war with the Zionist Entity, gets Beirut pounded to rubble, and then declares victory and has a parade....Israel has regularly carried out dronezaps in Lebanon that it says are aimed at operatives belonging to Iran-backed Hezbollah, despite the ceasefire, which followed over a year of conflict, and two months of open war, sparked by daily Hezbollah rocket, missile and drone attacks on northern Israel starting on October 8, 2023. It has also kept troops deployed at five border points inside Lebanon it deemed strategic. Disarmament would end Israeli strikes targeting Hezbollah members and unlock funds to rebuild parts of Lebanon destroyed by Israeli forces last year, sources with knowledge of Barrack’s plan told Rooters. It would also include Israel pulling out of Lebanon, according to the News Agency that Dare Not be Named. Lebanese authorities say they have been dismantling Hezbollah’s military infrastructure in the south, near the Israeli border. Israel says it reserves the right under the ceasefire agreement to act against imminent threats by Hezbollah, and accuses the terror group of ceasefire violations, which it denies. Related: Thomas Barrack 07/05/2025 Syria willing to work with US on return to 1974 disengagement deal with Israel Thomas Barrack 07/02/2025 US gave Lebanon until today to respond to demand Hezbollah relinquish weapons, sources say Thomas Barrack 06/04/2025 US to scale down its military bases in Syria as part of policy shift, envoy says |
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| [IsraelTimes] Shrugging off US disarmament plan, reportedly in exchange for Israeli pull back, Naim Qassem says that ‘aggression’ must stop first, insists missiles needed to resist Israel Hezbollah leader Naim Qassem ... the Grand Vizier of the Hezbullies... said Sunday his group would not surrender or lay down its weapons in response to Israeli threats, despite pressure from Leb ...The Leb civil war, between 1975 and 1990, lasted a little over 145 years and produced 120,000 fatalities. The average length of a ceasefire was measured in seconds. Only one of those statements is an exaggeration....’s Western-backed government demanding the terror group disarm. If you don’t hold up your end of the bargain, Israel won’t abide either. Enjoy your natural consequences, my dear, and remember that it was your choice. The response came after Lebanese leaders sought the group’s input as it formulates an answer to a proposal raised by US envoy Tom Barrack that would reportedly see Israel halt attacks on Lebanese soil in exchange for Hezbollah giving up its arms."This threat will not make us accept surrender," Qassem said in a televised speech to thousands of his supporters in the southern suburbs of Beirut, a Hezbollah stronghold, during the Shiite Moslem religious commemoration of Ashura. Qassem, who succeeded longtime leader His Eminence Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah ...The late, lamented satrap of the Medes and the Persians in Leb...> after Israel killed him in September, said the group’s fighters would not abandon their arms and asserted that Israel’s "aggression" must first stop. "How can you expect us not to stand firm while the Israeli enemy continues its aggression, continues to occupy the five points, and continues to enter our territories and kill?" Qassem said in his video address. "We will not be part of legitimizing the occupation in Lebanon and the region. We will not accept normalization [with Israel]." Israel has regularly carried out dronezaps in Lebanon it says are aimed at operatives belonging to the Iran-backed group, despite a ceasefire in November that followed over a year of conflict, and two months of open war, sparked by daily Hezbollah rocket, missile and drone attacks on northern Israel starting on October 8, 2023. It has also kept troops deployed at five border points inside Lebanon it deemed strategic. Barrack was expected in Beirut on Monday. During the visit, Lebanese authorities are due to deliver a response to Barrack’s proposal for Hezbollah to be disarmed by the end of the year, according to a Lebanese official who spoke on condition of anonymity. Disarmament would end Israeli strikes targeting Hezbollah members and unlock funds to rebuild parts of Lebanon destroyed by Israeli forces last year, sources with knowledge of Barrack’s proposal told Rooters. It would also include Israel pulling out of Lebanon, according to the News Agency that Dare Not be Named. "America’s equation asking us to choose between being killed or surrender does not concern us and we will cling to our rights," Qassem said in his speech, according to an English-language report from the Naharnet outlet. In response to those who ask why the group needs its missile arsenal, Qassem said: "How can we confront Israel when it attacks us if we didn’t have them? Who is preventing Israel from entering villages and landing and killing young people, women and kiddies inside their homes unless there is a resistance with certain capabilities capable of minimal defense?" Lebanese authorities say they have been dismantling Hezbollah’s military infrastructure in the south, near the Israeli border. Israel says it reserves the right under the ceasefire agreement to act against imminent threats by Hezbollah, and accuses the terror group of ceasefire violations, which it denies. Jerusalem also says that Beirut is not doing enough to disarm the group in southern Lebanon. Related: Naim Qassem 07/05/2025 Hezbollah to reply within 48 hours to Lebanese paper after Aoun-Berri talks Naim Qassem 07/05/2025 Aoun denies reports about fighters build-up on Lebanon's eastern border Naim Qassem 07/04/2025 Hezbollah Leader: Israel poses strategic threat to region and beyond |
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[NAHARNET] President Joseph Aoun, Speaker Nabih KnobbyBerri ...perennial Speaker of the Lebanese parliament, head of the Amal Shiite party aligned with Hezbollah, a not very subtle sock puppet of the Medes and Persians... and PM Nawaf Salam are yet to receive Hezbollah's response to the Lebanese amendments to U.S. envoy Tom Barrack's paper, which were prepared by a tripartite committee after intensive meetings at the Baabda Palace, al-Jadeed TV said. Hezbollah is expected to deliver the response on Friday or Saturday to Berri, al-Jadeed added, noting that the joint presidential committee would meet again after receiving the official response in order to finalize Leb  ...The Leb civil war, between 1975 and 1990, lasted a little over 145 years and produced 120,000 fatalities. The average length of a ceasefire was measured in seconds. Only one of those statements is an exaggeration....'s formal response. Informed sources meanwhile told the TV network that Hezbollah is demanding ''real guarantees that Israel would abide by the new paper.'' ''It has concerns over Barrack's paper and considers it a capitulation paper based on the previous experiences with Israel, which did not commit to agreements, Resolution 1701 or the ceasefire arrangements,'' the sources added, noting that ''the atmosphere is uneasy and marred by cautious anticipation pending Hezbollah's response.'' Al-Jadeed also revealed that Berri had met with Aoun over a dinner banquet on Wednesday evening and that the discussions tackled Barrack's paper, Hezbollah's response and the file of appointments. Related: Joseph Aoun 07/03/2025 Hezbollah Secretary-General Naim Qassem: 'We will not submit to threats and will not surrender our weapons to the Israeli enemy.' Joseph Aoun 07/02/2025 US gave Lebanon until today to respond to demand Hezbollah relinquish weapons, sources say Joseph Aoun 07/01/2025 Israel says Hezbollah must disarm before any Lebanon peace talks can advance Related: Nabih KnobbyBerri 07/01/2025 Israel says Hezbollah must disarm before any Lebanon peace talks can advance Nabih KnobbyBerri 06/24/2025 US demands govt. decision on Hezbollah arms, report says Nabih KnobbyBerri 06/21/2025 Berri ''200% sure'' Hezbollah won''t join Iran war; Qassem says Hezbollah ''not neutral,'' will act as it sees fit; Israel defense minister warns after 2 Hezbie big turbans and a GI turban killed Related: Nawaf Salam 07/03/2025 Hezbollah Secretary-General Naim Qassem: 'We will not submit to threats and will not surrender our weapons to the Israeli enemy.' Nawaf Salam 07/02/2025 US gave Lebanon until today to respond to demand Hezbollah relinquish weapons, sources say Nawaf Salam 07/01/2025 Israel says Hezbollah must disarm before any Lebanon peace talks can advance Related: Hezbollah: 2025-07-04 US slaps sanctions on Iran’s oil smuggling network, Hezbollah finance firm Hezbollah: 2025-07-04 Rubio-run State Department dumps Biden-era DEI hiring criteria, replaces with 'fidelity' Hezbollah: 2025-07-04 Good Morning Related: Tom Barrack 07/02/2025 US gave Lebanon until today to respond to demand Hezbollah relinquish weapons, sources say Tom Barrack 07/01/2025 Trump formally lifts sanctions shackling Syria amid hopes for transformed Mideast Tom Barrack 07/01/2025 Israel says Hezbollah must disarm before any Lebanon peace talks can advance |
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[NAHARNET] President Joseph Aoun on Friday denied the reports about the alleged entry of gangs from Syria into Leb ...home of the original Hezbollah, which periodically starts a war with the Zionist Entity, gets Beirut pounded to rubble, and then declares victory and has a parade....and the reports about mobilization for incursions from Syria. ''No party can eliminate another party in Lebanon and no sect has an advantage over another. The latest Israeli war targeted entire Lebanon, while the economic war has not been merciful on any of its sons,'' Aoun said. Warning of ''the enemies within the country who incite sectarianism out of keenness on their interests with foreign forces,'' the president said ''coordination is well underway with the Syrian side to prevent cross-border smuggling.'' Related: Joseph Aoun 07/03/2025 Hezbollah Secretary-General Naim Qassem: 'We will not submit to threats and will not surrender our weapons to the Israeli enemy.' Joseph Aoun 07/02/2025 US gave Lebanon until today to respond to demand Hezbollah relinquish weapons, sources say Joseph Aoun 07/01/2025 Israel says Hezbollah must disarm before any Lebanon peace talks can advance |
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| [HODHODYEMENNEWS.NET] Sheikh Naim Qassem ... the Grand Vizier of the Hezbullies... , the leader of Hezbollah, declared Israel not only an occupier of Paleostine but a strategic threat to Leb  ...Formerly inhabited by hardy Phoenecian traders, its official language is now Arabic, with the usual unpleasant side effects...., Egypt, Syria, Jordan, the broader region, and global stability.
He noted that the regime's ideology, behavior, and vision endanger both regional stability and global peace. Qassem said that since the ceasefire agreement between Lebanon and Israel took effect, the regime has not stopped its aggression and has violated the agreement more than 3700 times. He stressed that the regime must adhere to the terms it agreed upon with Lebanon and stop its acts of aggression. The Hezbollah leader said the movement will not be swayed by threats, nor will it accept surrendering its weapons to Israel. Qassem firmly rejected calls for Hezbollah to disarm, asserting that Lebanon's defense and illusory sovereignty are internal matters, immune to external pressures. ''We will not submit to humiliation, abandon our land, or compromise under threats,'' he stated, stressing that discussions about Hezbollah's weapons are a domestic issue, with no role for Israel in dictating terms. Qassem said Hezbollah's resistance is a defense against a strategic threat impacting multiple nations, including Paleostine, Lebanon, Egypt, Syria, and Jordan. Describing Israel as an existential danger, Qassem noted, ''Israel's threat is not limited to Moslems; it endangers Christians and Jews as well.'' He criticized the regime's ideology and actions as a risk to global peace and called on those who avoid confronting Israel to resist on humanitarian grounds. ''Coexisting with an expanding, invasive danger is impossible,'' he warned, emphasizing Hezbollah's resistance as rooted in human, Islamic, and national values for future generations. LEBANESE STATE MUST ADDRESS ONGOING VIOLATIONS In late June, Qassem stated that Israel's continued aggression, including attacks on Nabatieh, the targeting of civilians in southern Lebanon, and strikes on the money exchange sector, is now the Lebanese state's responsibility to address. ''The state must apply pressure and fulfill its duties,'' he urged, rejecting claims that Hezbollah provides pretexts for Israeli attacks. He cited Israel's occupation of 600 km of Syrian territory, destruction of capabilities, and attacks on Iran ...a theocratic Shiite state divided among the Medes, the Persians, and the (Arab) Elamites. Formerly a fairly civilized nation ruled by a Shah, it became a victim of Islamic revolution in 1979. The nation is today noted for spontaneouslytaking over other countries' embassies, maintaining whorehouses run by clergymen, involvement in international drug trafficking, and financing sock puppet militiasto extend the regime's influence. The word Iranis a cognate form of Aryan.The abbreviation IRGCis the same idea as Stürmabteilung (or SA).The term Supreme Guideis a the modern version form of either Duceor Führeror maybe both. They hate as evidence of unprovoked aggression. ''You must understand this cannot continue,'' Qassem told the public. ''Do you imagine we will remain silent forever? All of this has limits.''
Saudi news channel Al-Hadath reports, citing unnamed sources, that approximately 4,000 Hezbollah operatives, including fighters, commanders, and senior figures, were killed during the Lebanon-based terror group’s war with Israel, which ended in a ceasefire in November 2024. On top of that, the report says around 2,000 others deserted following the assassination of Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah in September last year. Despite these losses, the report claims Hezbollah still maintains a force of approximately 60,000 members. The outlet also reports that 80% of the territory south of Lebanon’s Litani River — once under Hezbollah’s exclusive control — is now controlled by the Lebanese Armed Forces. The terms of the ceasefire require that Hezbollah maintain no control in that area. It says Hezbollah has also shut down most of its training centers in the Beqaa Valley and southern Lebanon, and much of its medium and heavy-grade weaponry has either been destroyed by Israeli strikes or seized by the Lebanese army. | ||
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[X] That means the hudna is over. Take your mark, IDF. Get set….
Lebanese officials are racing against time to reach “acceptable formats” for a Lebanese paper responding to a U.S. proposal calling for an end to Israel’s attacks and the withdrawal of its forces in return for Hezbollah’s disarmament, a media report said. “Hezbollah has partially opened the door to discussions over this topic, which had been a taboo in the past, without giving clear answers on whether or not it accepts the principle,” Lebanese sources informed on the ongoing deliberations told Asharq al-Awsat newspaper. “Hezbollah is engaged in a difficult internal debate over the issue, in parallel with another debate within a panel comprising representatives of President Joseph Aoun, Speaker Nabih Berri and PM Nawaf Salam, which is tasked with devising the Lebanese response paper,” the sources added. Revealing that the panel’s discussions are seeking “acceptable formats that comply with the constitution,” the sources added that “the Lebanese response to the proposal is focused on specifying the priorities and phases according to which the agreement will be implemented, seeing as Israel has not committed to the ceasefire decision until the moment, despite Hezbollah’s compliance and its withdrawal from the South Litani area.” The sources added that in its “preliminary response,” Hezbollah has demanded “real guarantees” in order to implement ant solution that might be reached. Official Lebanese sources meanwhile revealed to Asharq al-Awsat that “Lebanon is readying a technical response prepared by the Lebanese Army to explain the step-by-step mechanism and what can be achieved if Israel carries out positive steps, such as withdrawal, ending airstrikes and releasing the captives.” Political leaders are meanwhile seeking “guarantees that would pave the way for a gradual disarmament that would begin with heavy-caliber weapons and end with medium-caliber weapons,” the sources said. | |
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| IDF hits Hezbollah targets, blames terror group rocket fire for death of woman in area |
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More on this story from yesterday. [IsraelTimes] Israel says Hezbollah trying to restore operations at site near Beaufort Castle in south LebanonIsraeli Air Force fighter jets hit a Hezbollah facility in the Beaufort Castle area in south Leb ...home of the original Hezbollah, which periodically starts a war with the Zionist Entity, gets Beirut pounded to rubble, and then declares victory and has a parade....on Friday, the military said. Lebanese media reported strikes in the area killed one woman, but the military said the death was caused by an errant Hezbollah rocket. According to the IDF, the facility, used by the terror group to "manage its fire and defense array," was part of an underground Hezbollah site that was previously targeted in Israeli strikes. "In recent days, the IDF identified attempts by the Hezbollah terror organization to restore the site, and therefore the terror infrastructure in the area was struck," the military said. The IDF said that the "presence of this site and the attempts to reestablish it constitute a blatant violation of the understandings between Israel and Lebanon." However, a poor excuse is better than no excuse at all... the IDF later denied carrying out a strike on Nabatieh earlier today, instead blaming a Hezbollah rocket that was launched amid the strikes on the nearby facility. "The IDF did not target any civilian building," said the military’s Arabic-language front man Col. Avichay Adraee. "According to the information we have, the building was hit by a rocket projectile that was stored at the site, and was launched and went kaboom!as a result of the ... KABOOM!... ," he said. "The Hezbollah terror organization continues to store its rocket projectiles near residential buildings and the residents of Lebanon, thereby endangering them. Hezbollah continues to endanger the residents of southern Lebanon in light of its refusal to hand over its weapons to the Lebanese state," Adraee said. He added that "The Lebanese government bears responsibility for what is happening on its territory, in light of its failure to confiscate Hezbollah’s heavy weapons and rocket projectiles." Additionally, a home in the southern Lebanon town of Houla, allegedly used by Hezbollah to observe Israeli forces, was demolished by IDF troops overnight Wednesday-Thursday, the military said. According to the IDF, the home belonged to Ahmad Ghazi Ali, a Hezbollah operative killed in a dronezap in Houla a week ago. "The structure was used by the Hezbollah terror organization for military activity, including attempts to gather intelligence on IDF troops," the military said, adding that "the terrorists’ activity in the structure constituted a clear violation of the understandings between Israel and Lebanon." The military said the demolition was carried out by the 769th "Hiram" Regional Brigade in a special operation. Israel has continued to carry out targeted strikes on Hezbollah operatives and infrastructure since it signed a ceasefire with Lebanon in late November, alleging violations of the truce agreement. According to the IDF, over 180 Hezbollah operatives have been killed in that time. Under the terms of the ceasefire, Hezbollah was required to withdraw its fighters north of the Litani River and dismantle all military infrastructure in southern Lebanon. Israel was to withdraw from Lebanon, while maintaining the right to strike threats to its security. The IDF maintained a presence at five points near the border it said were necessary to ensure the safety of Israeli communities. Since the ceasefire, the Lebanese state has been working methodically to dismantle Hezbollah’s infrastructure in the south of the country, and is estimated to have seized the majority of the terror group’s weapons stockpile in the same area. Extrapolating from a Ynet report courtesy of Grom yesterday in comments, the civilian building in the Nabatieh area that went up as a result of a Hezbollah rocket launch was a cache that cooked off with noticeable secondaries. A woman was killed and 20 other people were wounded Friday after Israel said it targeted Hezbollah "underground assets" in south Lebanon, despite a ceasefire between Israel and Hezbollah.An Nahar gives the Lebanese view of events: The Israeli army said it targeted Hezbollah "underground assets" in south Lebanon as it carried out a series of violent airstrikes on Nabatieh al-Fawqa and the heights of Iqlim al-Tuffah in south Lebanon. The airstrikes came in two waves on the mountains overlooking Nabatieh and bunker buster bombs were used, Lebanon’s state-run National News Agency reported. The strikes continued during the day as warplanes struck a region between the southern towns of Ansar and Zrariyeh. A woman was killed and twenty other people were wounded as a residential building in Nabatieh al-Fawqa was hit with a missile that knocked out the building's top floor. Israel later said it didn't bomb any building in Nabatieh and that the projectile that hit the building flew from a nearby Hezbollah depot after an Israeli strike. Prime Minister Nawaf Salam strongly condemned the strikes, calling them a "blatant violation of national sovereignty" and a "threat to stability". The strikes come a day after Hezbollah chief Sheikh Naim Qassem said Lebanon cannot submit to dictations nor surrender to occupation. "This is our country, we want it dignified and we will resist for that," Qassem said Thursday. Israel has kept up regular strikes on Lebanon, particularly in the south, since a November 27 ceasefire meant to end over a year of hostilities that left Hezbollah severely weakened. Friday’s strikes were more intense than usual. The Israeli military said in a statement that its fighter jets struck a site used by Hezbollah to manage its fire and defense array in the area and is part of a significant underground project that was completely taken out of use. The Israeli army said it identified rehabilitation attempts by Hezbollah beforehand and struck infrastructure sites in the area. IDF releases footage that it says shows Hezbollah rocket caused deadly south Lebanon blast [IsraelTimes] The IDF releases footage it says confirms that a Hezbollah rocket flew out of a facility belonging to the terror group, after it was targeted earlier today, and hit a home in southern Lebanon. Following the Israeli strike on the Hezbollah site near Beaufort Castle, Lebanon’s health ministry reported one dead and 11 wounded in a blast that struck an apartment in Nabatieh. “A review revealed that as a result of the strike, secondary explosions were identified, as well as the launch of a Hezbollah terror organization rocket that was stored at the site, which struck a civilian building,” the military says.
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