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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.
The ‘framework agreement’ between Lebanon and Israel, which the countries signed on the night of Friday to Saturday, is, according to Hezbollah leader Naim Qassem…