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 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]]>
Sheikh Qassem says Hezbollah will not give up its weapons until Israel’s occupation ends
The secretary general of Lebanon's Hezbollah has stressed that the resistance movement will not lay down its weapons until the Israeli occupation ends, warning that the Beirut government’s decision on disarmament could create civil strife.
In early August, under pressure from the United States and in the face of fears of an intensification of Israeli attacks in Lebanon, the Lebanese government instructed the army to prepare a plan to disarm by the end of 2025 Hezbollah, founded and financed by Iran, Israel's enemy.
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