Hezbollah rejects disarmament until Israel withdraws from Lebanon
Hezbollah will not engage in talks on disarmament until Israeli forces withdraw from Lebanon, the group’s leader Naim Qassem said, News.Az reports, citing TASS.
"The government’s striving for a monopoly over weapons now is in the interests of the United States and Israel, which want to put an end to the existence of resistance forces in Lebanon," he said in a televised address. "that is why we will not compel our fighter to disarm amid the continuing aggression, when several southern areas are still occupied. We consider such a step to be illogical."
Qassem’s statement came in response to the government’s plans to launch in January 2026 a campaign to disarm illegal armed units operating north of the Litani River after the army established control over the southern regions.
"We call on the cabinet to postpone this decision which will lead to an internecine war," he said. "The Lebanese army must not turn into an Israeli policeman."
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