US EditionHezbollah vows to keep arms, says Lebanon’s disarmament plan serves Israel
The Lebanese government approved a U.S.-backed plan to disarm Hezbollah by year-end despite the group's refusal, following a war that killed over 4,000 and displaced 1 million, World Bank said.
- Hezbollah leader Naim Qassem vowed not to disarm, stating that the government's decision to remove its weapons serves Israel's interests and facilitates aggression against resistance fighters and their families.
- Kassem warned that the government would be to blame if the ongoing crisis leads to internal conflict.
- Hezbollah will not surrender its weapons while conflict continues, and Kassem labeled the government's decision as a dangerous implementation of US-Israeli orders.
- Kassem described the government's plan to disarm Hezbollah as an implementation of US-Israeli orders, threatening open confrontation if pursued.
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Hezbollah leader says group refuses to be disarmed by Lebanon, suggests that would benefit Israel
BEIRUT -- The leader of Lebanon's terrorist group Hezbollah on Friday vowed not to disarm, saying last week's decision by the national government to remove the Iran-backed group's weapons by the end of the year serves Israel's interests.
Between the Victory of 2006 and Today: Is Hezbollah “Weak and Deterred”?
By Khaled Barakat – Aug 15, 2025 The following article, by Khaled Barakat, Palestinian writer and member of the Executive Committee of the Masar Badil, the Palestinian Alternative Revolutionary Path Movement, is republished from the original Arabic in Al-Akhbar. On these same days 19 years ago (August 14, 2006) the cannons fell silent, the rockets ceased, and the roar of Zionist warplanes left Lebanon’s skies, after a war that lasted 33 days. …
Hezbollah chief Kassem has threatened the Lebanese government with confrontation in the face of the planned disarmament of his militia.
Hezbollah is supposed to be disarmed by the end of the year, according to the will of the Lebanese government. However, militia chief Kassim does not believe it. He threatens that "hell will break loose" should the plans be implemented.[more]]>
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