Hezbollah rejects US-brokered Israel-Lebanon security deal as 'surrender'
Hezbollah says the pact is null and void and warns it will keep its weapons as the United States pledges $100 million in aid.
- Hezbollah leader Naim Qassem rejected a US-brokered security agreement between Lebanon and Israel, calling it a surrender to Israel and null and void due to concessions undermining Lebanon's sovereignty.
- The agreement, signed without Hezbollah, provides for Israel's phased withdrawal from southern Lebanon and the deployment of the Lebanese army to restore security.
- Qassem criticized the linkage of Israel's withdrawal to Hezbollah's disarmament, claiming it legitimizes Israel's military presence and pledging continued resistance.
- The deal includes commitments by Lebanon and the US to block funds to non-state armed groups affiliated with organizations like Hezbollah and aims to enhance security in southern Lebanon and northern Israeli communities.
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Despite the raids against a ship and Bahrain the negotiations continue. Hezbollah rejects the agreement. Netanyahu responds: "We do not withdraw"
Hezbollah Denounces US-Brokered Deal
A US-brokered roadmap to end fighting between Israel and Hezbollah has landed in Lebanon, with many there considering it a dud. The preliminary framework, signed in Washington on Friday, would see the Lebanese army gradually take control of all territory and disarm nonstate groups, including Hezbollah, as Israeli troops withdraw...
Hezbollah chief rejects Israel-Lebanon agreement as ‘null and void’
“The framework agreement reached in Washington is a humiliation, a disgrace, and a surrender of Lebanon’s sovereignty,” Qassem said. By JNS Hezbollah Secretary-General Naim Qassem lashed out on Saturday at the U.S.-brokered framework signed the previous day between Jerusalem and Beirut, calling it “a very dangerous proposal that crosses all red lines.” The Israeli-Lebanese “agreement is null and void, and the provisions of the Iranian-American M…
Hezbollah says Israel-Lebanon agreement null and void
JERUSALEM - Hezbollah’s leader on Saturday pilloried the Israel-Lebanon framework agreement signed in Washington as “null and void” and a surrender of Lebanon’s sovereignty, with the group’s top ally in Beirut’s parliament going as far as calling it an “incitement to civil war.
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