Hezbollah Secretary General Sheikh Naim Qassem warned Tuesday that Israeli airstrikes in Lebanon threaten the country\u2019s sovereignty and risk pushing the region toward broader conflict.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Speaking in Beirut, he said Israeli strikes in southern Lebanon \u201ccannot continue,\u201d adding that \u201ceverything has a limit.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
He described Israel\u2019s intensified operations in the south as \u201caggression\u201d and vowed the Resistance would defend itself against an existential threat.<\/p>\n
Qassem said the Lebanese army\u2019s deployment south of the Litani River is an \u201cacceptable price\u201d for national security. He framed the move as a strategic victory, arguing that the army\u2019s presence alongside Hezbollah demonstrates unity in protecting sovereignty.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe are winners with the Lebanese army\u2019s presence south of the Litani because they are our sons,\u201d Qassem declared. He added that the arrangement strengthens the state\u2019s role in securing borders and safeguarding citizens.<\/p>\n
He stressed that the ceasefire agreement applies only to southern Lebanon. Qassem rejected calls to disarm Hezbollah or extend enforcement north of the Litani River, framing such demands as attempts to weaken Lebanon\u2019s defense.<\/p>\n
Turning to foreign involvement, Qassem accused the United States and Israel of interfering in Lebanon\u2019s internal affairs. He said both of them aim to dictate the country\u2019s political, economic, and military trajectory in order to undermine the role of the Resistance.<\/p>\n
“America and Israel are interfering in Lebanon\u2019s future, dictating its army, economy, politics, and strategic position,” Qassem said, reaffirming Hezbollah\u2019s opposition to foreign efforts to shape Lebanon\u2019s political and military landscape.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Hezbollah Secretary General Sheikh Naim Qassem warned Tuesday that Israeli airstrikes in Lebanon threaten the country\u2019s sovereignty and…\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":372023,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[4783,99,13192,50,179201],"class_list":{"0":"post-372022","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-news","8":"tag-hezbollah","9":"tag-israel","10":"tag-lebanon","11":"tag-news","12":"tag-sheikh-naim-qassem"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@us\/115532292359646243","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/372022","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=372022"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/372022\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/372023"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=372022"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=372022"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=372022"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}